Senate debates

Monday, 6 March 2023

Matters of Urgency

Superannuation: Taxation

5:00 pm

Photo of Helen PolleyHelen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The last time they were in government, they came after Medicare. We know they sent debt into overdrive. We also know they sent out debt letters to pensioners and other people who owed nothing to the government—absolutely nothing! Do we want to go on about the rorts of the other schemes they were involved in? Do we want to try and whitewash what robodebt was really all about? The ministers giving evidence to the royal commission can't seem to recall very much, but the Australian people recall. The Australian people recall that the Morrison government was known and will go down in history as the most rorting government we have seen since Federation. Mr Stuart Robert gave evidence last week and said that cabinet solidarity trumps the ministerial standards. What a joke he is! And those people come into this place bleating about a change in superannuation that will affect 0.5 per cent of the Australian population. You are an absolute joke! You want to try and rewrite history— (Time expired)

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