Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

There were billions of dollars in our Powering Australia plan—I take that interjection from you, Senator McGrath—to fix the energy mess that we inherited. The negligence of those opposite, when they were in government, to put their heads in the sand and pretend that most significant economic transformation and challenge facing the country just wasn't going to happen, that they didn't need to deal with it—we're dealing with it in our first budget. We've also begun implementing the Buy Australian Plan, which is our plan to use the government's purchasing power to help grow Australian businesses, create jobs, develop sovereign capability and back Australian businesses. Our spending review identified $22 billion in savings over four years. (Time expired)

Honourable senators interjecting—