Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. On the issue of the age pension and the benefits to families, we had the Leader of the National Party in the Senate saying it is going to ‘end up against the wall’. The member for Mitchell suggested it was an unfair package for families. Time and time again they have criticised every single dimension of this Economic Security Strategy, just so the opposition leader can say, ‘I occupied that position at some point in time.’ (Quorum formed) Now we turn to the financial stability measures—

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