Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my apologies. I should have simply rejected the premise of that question, which I do now. The most important thing is not only jobs for those people who are in those electorates right now but that more and more people are thinking about the future. They're thinking about the future of their children. They're wondering if their business will be a business of the future or a victim of those on the other side, who are economically illiterate. I know that everybody who lives in each and every one of those electorates will be saying, 'It is only the coalition that can provide support for businesses, support for partnerships and support for growth and jobs.' There is absolutely no doubt about that. I can tell you that, if you talk to the people in those electorates, they will tell you now—and you can do any polling you like, asking: 'Who do you trust with the economy? Who do you trust with the future of your kids?'—that it is not those on the other side they trust. They trust the coalition, and their trust is well founded.

Honourable senators interjecting—