Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for that supplementary question, because there will be significant assistance to all of the small businesses in the electorate of Corangamite, and of course there will be significant assistance to families—first of all in terms of the clean energy package and then additional assistance for families. There will be assistance to those families with children at school, something like 1.3 million families, and, as I said before, tax cuts for seven million low- and middle-income earners in our community.

Of course, when it comes to each and every one of those, what does the Leader of the Opposition say? He says no. He says no to assistance for families with the costs of education. He says no to assistance for small business, particularly in terms of the instant asset write-off. Of course, we read in the West Australian today that his colleagues are getting very sick of him saying no. This is what one of his colleagues said today:

… people are so fed up with the current situation, they are starting to blame Tony for the decline in public discourse …

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