Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

But one promise we can be absolutely sure of is that they will bring back the carbon tax; we can be absolutely sure of that. And I say to the member for McMahon: on paid parental leave, we believe, for a whole lot of reasons, that women should have the same pay as men. We believe that a mother and her family should not be financially penalised for having a child. We believe that it is a workplace entitlement. We believe that small business should have the very same opportunity as large business—

Ms Chesters interjecting—

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