Arthur Sinodinos (NSW, Liberal Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Labor was going to be using borrowed money—remember that?—to fund these measures after claiming it would raise the money through the mining tax.

Senator Abetz interjecting—

The people in those electorates, as my colleague Senator Abetz has reminded us, voted for the coalition and voted for these measures that we are putting forward today.

Honourable senators interjecting—