Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Once again, we get the selective quoting and the misrepresentation from those opposite—Mr Morrison, talking about Labor policies, to mandate Labor policies. Senator Wong wanting to go and ask questions that are about comments made by the Prime Minister in relation to Labor policies obviously opens up scrutiny of Labor policies. Labor policies taken to the last election were about trying to mandate outcomes and to mandate outcomes that would have different impacts. Of course technology moves on. Time moves on. And, as technology and time move on, we want to make sure that Australia is able to embrace the opportunities of the future, able to lead where we can in terms of the opportunities of the future. We're doing that through our investment in technology—not the types of taxes the Labor Party had proposed previously. Our investment is in making sure Australia can embrace the technologies that suit our nation, give our regions the advantages to secure jobs and opportunities in the future, while lowering emissions. (Time expired)