Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Prime Minister for the opportunity to comment on the opposition's modelling and the questions of modelling. On this side of the House we have brought down a budget that does something very important for Australian families. That is, it gives them the choice to be in work. What those opposite do, when the Leader of the Opposition's office is doing modelling, we have learnt today, is look at only one thing: they look at welfare. They do not look at work.

They do not understand that, for families to want to be in work, they need choice. They need the choices that are provided through our Jobs for Families package. That is what we are providing. They need the choices that are provided by the $5.5 billion that is being invested in the jobs and small business packages. They are going to unleash the choices of small business to provide the jobs that those families want.

But those opposite, unlike those on this side, do not believe that the best form of welfare is a job. They believe the best form of welfare is what you get from Centrelink.

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