Tony Sheldon (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Deputy President, I'll follow that. I know those opposite don't want to hear. I'll use unnamed sources when talking about the economy because what we have had from those opposite and from their parties constantly turns around. There have been questions asked about interest rates, and this is what has actually been said by those opposite. These are the positions of those across the way about economic management, and this is how they look after the interests of all Australians. They are always undermining opportunities to make sure that the cost of living is properly dealt with for Australians. Let's not forget the previous shadow finance minister, the now deputy opposition leader, Jane Hume, calling out our tax cuts for millions of Australians as a 'travesty', or when she said that Labor investing in essential services was 'utter nonsense'.

Those are the statements by those opposite about economic management and how to manage the cost of living. No wonder they want to shut it down! No wonder they don't want to have these conversations in this place. Apparently they also say that we shouldn't be investing in essential services. (Time expired)