Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Deputy Speaker. I am answering the member for Menzies' question. On the member for Menzies' question, I believe that weekly welfare benefits should be contingent if people are not getting their kids to school, and it is this government that has introduced it, not those over there, despite all their cant and hypocrisy on the question. This government has introduced it. On the schoolkids bonus, I believe that 1.3 million families should have the benefit of additional resources to help get their kids to school, and I know that the Leader of the Opposition wants to rip that money out of their hands.

A little bit earlier today, the Leader of the Opposition was in his party room referring to me, and for once he got it right. Let me say to the Leader of the Opposition: I will stand up and fight for working people and their families and I will do that every day between now and the next election. I will stand up and fight and make sure that working people benefit from our strong economy. I will stand up and fight and make sure that we are appropriately spreading the benefits of the boom and I will stand up and fight and make sure families are getting assistance to help them make ends meet.

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