House debates
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 [No. 2]; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 [No. 2]; Household Stimulus Package Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill (No. 2) 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 [No. 2]
Returned from the Senate
1:01 pm
Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
This government will continue to act for regional communities around Australia, who will benefit from new community facilities; for small businesses, who will have the incentive to invest and to build their businesses; and for people who are doing it tough all around Australia—singles, families, people on low incomes—who will benefit from this package; and for the 90,000 jobs that this package will support.
This Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 [No. 2] and related bills are in the interest of all those Australians. This Nation Building and Jobs Plan is in the nation’s interest. And today, the dividing line between us in this parliament is clear and has been drawn—between those who will stand up for the nation and its long-term interests and those who have stood up only for themselves.
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