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

Our economy does walk tall in the world and one of the reasons it walks tall in the world is that we have put in place reforms for the long term, reforms which are based on facts, reforms which are based on evidence from experts. I noted before the refusal of the Leader of the Opposition to use facts and to listen to the experts. I will go through what he has ignored in recent times. He has ignored the Stern report, a report based on facts, a report which goes to the core of how we secure our future prosperity. He has ignored the Houston report on asylum seekers. He chooses to ignore that as well. And, of course, he chooses to ignore the report from experts—the Gonski report. The latest refusal has been to refuse to take any notice of what BHP is actually saying, because those on that side of the House would rather run a reckless scare campaign than face up to the facts.

The one thing we know he has not read is The Boy Who Cried Wolf. He certainly has not read that, because all the chickens are now coming home to roost. It just goes to show how unfit for office this Leader of the Opposition is.

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