House debates

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Matters of Public Importance

Paid Parental Leave

4:48 pm

Photo of Sharryn JacksonSharryn Jackson (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I am pleased to have the opportunity to participate in this debate. This morning I was interested to note some of the comments of members of the opposition as they came in through the Parliament House doors. On Sky News a member of the Leader of the Opposition’s own team, the member for Fadden, when trying to explain the Leader of the Opposition’s backflip on paid parental leave and his broken promise on no new taxes, said:

Tony Abbott has been on a journey …

I guess my question is: to where and on what substance? It certainly is a substantial change—

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