House debates

Wednesday, 12 November 2008

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008; Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Economic Security Strategy) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009

Second Reading

6:06 pm

Photo of Andrew RobbAndrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and COAG and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Emissions Trading Design) Share this | Hansard source

You are in government; you had better find out about government documents that are not Treasury documents. It is the Treasurer’s document and the Treasurer is entitled to change it. It is a government document. My comments have been deliberately misconstrued, by the government, as an attack on Treasury, and this is an attempt to silence anybody who asks legitimate questions of the government. The opposition reserve the right to ask legitimate questions about how well thought through these government programs are; how they will affect individuals; and how they will affect jobs, businesses and the lives of people around Australia. We reserve that right.

Instead of attending to the questions surrounding the government’s deeply flawed, rushed, and mismanaged emissions trading scheme, Senator Wong sees fit to obfuscate—rather than answer any objections—by calling many in the coalition climate change sceptics, including me.

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