Senate debates

Thursday, 17 October 2019

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:16 pm

Photo of Peter Whish-WilsonPeter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Cormann. There's an old political joke in this country that goes something like this: what have all Young Liberals got in common? They were children who never learnt to share. In these precarious times, with so many clouds on the horizon—

Senator Bernardi interjecting—

I can understand why you don't find that funny. With so many Australians doing it tough and needing a leg up, wouldn't you agree that now is the time to share the budget surplus with all Australians to directly stimulate the economy, including by raising Newstart, increasing the minimum wage, reversing the cuts to penalty rates, removing the cap on public sector wages and massively increasing infrastructure spending?

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