Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

All the measures that we have, in the words of the Leader of the Opposition, 'teamed up with Clive Palmer to implement' are promises that we took to the election. They are all commitments that we took to the election.

Let's consider what this opposition is doing. First of all they are complaining that we do not keep commitments and now they are complaining that we do keep commitments! They cannot have it both ways. What we are seeing is the futile roaring of an opposition which has dealt itself out of making a serious contribution to the government of this country. It is an opposition which has made itself a relevant by refusing to accept the mandate that this government won at the election.

This government is determined to implement its policies. We are determined to implement our policies for the betterment of our nation and we are determined to work with other political parties who recognise the mandate that we won to do the right thing by the people of this country. We will deliver. We will work with the parliament, the people elected, to deliver on our commitments to the Australian people.

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