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

I thank Senator Smith for the question. The answer is that I can, because, two days before the last election, when Mr Taylor and Senator Hume snuck out the coalition's costings, we saw what they were going to cut, and we see them opposing spending now.

They would have cut the three-day guarantee for parents. They would have cut 41,000 frontline workers across the Public Service. They would have cut student debt relief. They would have cut free TAFE. They would have cut the Commonwealth prac payment. They would have cut cheaper home batteries. They would have cut five per cent deposits. They would have cut the Help to Buy program, the build-to-rent program, the National Reconstruction Fund and the Housing Australia Future Fund. They would have cut production tax credits, and they would have cut infrastructure spending.

To top all that off, they were going to repeal the tax cuts. They went to the last election saying that they wanted people to pay higher taxes with bigger deficits and more debt. It was quite the achievement. We will continue to deliver for the Australian people.