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

We all know what those opposite will do if we ever have the misfortune of a future Labor government. Labor are a risk to the 69,000 jobs that we have created through our Indigenous employment programs. You couldn't trust them with the Indigenous procurement policy. Remember our record is of a thousand companies and a billion dollars in contracts. They had 30 businesses and $6.2 million. Can you trust them to stand up to providers and maintain the integrity of the VTEC program, paying only on 26-week outcomes? Most importantly, can you trust them to keep the budget under control so we can make job-creating investments in small businesses and their opportunities? It is the risk of going with people who simply don't understand the economy. That is a fundamental risk. They don't understand that the best way to help Australians and, in particular, our First Australians isn't through welfare; it's through jobs and small-business opportunities.