Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The fact is that they do not want to hear about this agenda. They do not want Australians to know. They will not get through an election campaign saying that they are opposed to the resource super profits tax. They are opposed to every initiative that this government has done. They are going to make cuts, but they will not say where the money will come from. They make promises in their electorate that simply do not stack up when it comes to the nation-building agenda of this government.

The member for Cowper has ignored the fact that the Rudd government has committed $3.1 billion to the Pacific Highway. That compares with $1.3 billion during their entire 12 years in office. Almost three times as much in half the time is our commitment. He is opposed to infrastructure spending in his own electorate. It is no wonder that his own electorate is so hostile to his activity. They need to come clean about where these cuts will be, as they have been caught out. They have been caught out trying to say one thing in their electorates and another thing here in Canberra and the different statements of the shadow finance minister make that clear. (Time expired)

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