Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

But today is not a day for celebrations. It is not a happy day for Australians, because I'll tell you one thing, colleagues: Australians are struggling, and we all know it. It's what we intend to do about it that is important. What we're doing here today in this legislation, which has been rushed together and mixed up in a little room out the back of some ministerial office, is not going to address that issue.

Let's consider what we saw in the months leading up to the election. There was repetition of a particular number, and that number was 275.