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

In response to the Leader of the Opposition, the government was the problem and that is why they got rid of you. The government was the problem and that is why they got rid of the Leader of the Opposition and the entire Labor Party mob. They were an insultingly bad government for Australia on every front. They did nothing about higher education and the challenges facing students in Australia. They come in here as hypocrites lecturing us about debt for degrees. They invented debt for degrees. They were the masterclass of debt for degrees. They were the ones who started the HECS plan. They were the ones who introduced university fees. Labor never let us down when it comes to hypocrisy. When it comes to superannuation the Labor Party are writ large as hypocrites. They come in and cry crocodile tears about changes to the increasing compulsory super, but it was in fact the Leader of the Opposition, on 3AW with me, who said that ultimately superannuation—

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