Jason Clare (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I know it is a scary thought, member for Fowler, but we know it exists. We know that that is the only policy, the only reform agenda, that exists on the other side of the House—that plus an ongoing love affair with Work Choices.

Paul Kelly is right. The Howard government in its final term failed to reform, and now this opposition are frustrating this government’s efforts for reform. They failed to reform in the areas of education, infrastructure and climate change and now they are frustrating our attempts to reform. They are frustrating our attempts to implement a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. They are frustrating our attempts to implement the stimulus package and they are opposing the Education Revolution. All they have left is a love affair with Work Choices and a flat tax. Next time you bring an MPI to this chamber, before you bring an MPI about an apparent failure by the government to have a reform agenda, get one of your own.

See this speech in context