Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Again, Labor's agenda of higher taxes rather than lower taxes and pursuing the politics of envy instead of policy supporting opportunity would make Australia weaker, would make our economy weaker and would make Australians poorer. Don't take my word for it. We know that even Labor's greatest heroes are alarmed by the policy direction of Mr Shorten. This is what former Prime Minister Paul Keating had to say about Bill Shorten:

Labor…has lost the ability to speak aspirationally to people and to fashion policies to meet those aspirations.

And we've had the Labor deputy leader, Tanya Plibersek, say, 'We don't really know what all this aspiration caper is all about.' Well, you know what? Our policies are all about encouraging people to stretch themselves to be the best they can be, because we know that— (Time expired)