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

What we are seeing from this Leader of the Opposition is simply more fearmongering—talking our economy down and trying to exaggerate the impact of a carbon price. Everybody on this side of the House believes that dangerous climate change is something that should be tackled. To the Leader of the Opposition it is just: something is happening out there. Well, something is happening out there and we are dealing with it, as a responsible government that faces up to the challenges of the future. We will always deal with the challenges of the future. We are dealing with the funding model for education. We are investing in the NBN and facing up to the challenges of the future. The consequence of that is an economy which is growing which is the envy of the world, supporting jobs and growth. There is a clear alternative: those opposite would take an axe to jobs and growth in this economy, with austerity European style. That is the only threat to confidence in this country.

Mr Ewen Jones interjecting—

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