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

What would be much better would be if Labor would help this government to deliver a better childcare system. That is what would be better for families. A better childcare system is what would be better for families, and that is exactly what we want to give the families of Australia. Low-income and middle-income families accessing child care will be $1,500 a year better off under the policies that this government wants to pursue.

What policies do members opposite want to pursue? We know they want two lots of taxpayer funded PPL for Commonwealth public servants. We know they are opposing better childcare, because they have told us that they are opposing better childcare. That is what the Leader of the Opposition needs to do tonight. What other big hits does he have on the families of Australia? Is it a new carbon tax? Is it a new mining tax? Is it a new superannuation tax? Tell us what your plans are. If you do not like our plans, you have a simple thing to do: tell us what your plans are. If he cannot tell us what his plans are, he just does not have any except what he did in government, which is just more taxes and more unaffordable spending, which ultimately mean that the families of Australia will be slugged yet again.

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