Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) | Hansard source

I've got to say, having listened to that last contribution, that you'd be forgiven for thinking that all was well apart from, apparently, the coalition being the problem in Australia at the moment. Well, I can tell you that you are in government and you have a prime minister who told Australians that his word was his bond and yet every single thing that comes out of his mouth after the election appears to be in complete contradiction of what he said before the election. And it wasn't just the last election; it was actually the election before. Do you remember those 97 times when he said that your power bills were going to go down by $275? What happened? I don't think that happened. Do you remember those 51 times that he said there would be no changes to any tax arrangements, no changes to CGT and no changes to negative gearing? Guess what? Apparently he's changed his mind. I can tell you the Prime Minister's word is not his bond. You cannot trust the Prime Minister with what he says, because he even admits himself that he's quite happy to change his mind. He doesn't even have the decency to turn up and ask the Australian people for the mandate for him to change his mind. He just changes it with no regard whatsoever for Australians.