Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition moving immediately—That this House censures the Prime Minister for his Government’s incompetent management of Australia’s economy which has delivered a trifecta of higher unemployment, higher government debt and more strikes, greatly increasing the risk of a Rudd Recession, and, in particular, for recklessly:

(1)

delivering a failed stimulus package, squandering a $22 billion Budget surplus and burdening future generations with a $226 billion debt;

(2)

sacrificing jobs by pandering to union demands for a re-regulated industrial relations system;

(3)

proposing a bureaucratic, costly and jobs destroying Emissions Trading Scheme that will fail the economy and the environment;

(4)

ignoring the interests of Australian workers by not modelling the employment impact of its misguided policies;

(5)

increasing Australia’s skilled migration intake by 20 per cent in 2008 despite the slowing global economy;

(6)

borrowing money to fund cash hand outs, diminishing the resources available for critical government spending on services such as pensions and health care; and

(7)

rejecting alternative views or proposals and arrogantly pursuing policies that are making a difficult economic situation much worse.

The Prime Minister seeks to be the teflon man of Australian politics. He wants to be the blameless one. He wants to have no blame, no responsibility. The truth is that every step you have taken—

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