George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Well, Senator Gallagher, you seem to claim an acquaintance with what occurs in the coalition party room that is not the reality. That is not the reality. The proposition, Senator Gallagher, that you have put in your question is simply not the reality. This government understands that there is a need to deal with the issue of superannuation reform. We have taken this issue to an election, and at that election we put to the Australian people a series of reforms—many of them, I might say, Senator Gallagher, supported by your side of politics—which was more adventurous and more comprehensive than any reform of that sector that we had during the six years during which your side of politics was in power and your leader, Senator Wong, was, at least for part of that period, Australia's most unsuccessful finance minister. Senator Gallagher, do you want to have a grown-up debate about reform of superannuation, because that is an important part of the tax system, or do you simply want to do what Labor—