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

The Australian community got an opportunity to make a decision about whose economic plan they supported, and they made that choice, and it was about a government that invests in essential services, helps things that you don't support—cost-of-living support, which, again, you don't support—and manages the budget responsibly, delivers surpluses, pays down debt and reduces the deficit. That is what the Australian people voted for: a government of adults, not a group that squabbles and trips over itself to get up to the Sky News interview to bag each other, and not for a plan that told everyone that all the women of Australia were bludgers and weren't allowed to work from home—but oh, if you didn't work from home and you weren't allowed to work from home, you could work part time; that was the other gem in that policy announcement: you're not entitled to work full time; you can work part time. The Australian people made their judgement, and they supported our plan.