Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The policy is sound and the legislation is sound. Whether there is complete certainty is something which unfortunately is out of the control of any government who faces bloody-minded opposition. Maybe it is the case that we will find good support for this, as we did with our pensions package last evening from individuals—

An honourable member: Why are you putting the Greens down?

The Greens are lovely people. But any uncertainty here is caused by your side of politics refusing to do what is the right thing—that is, to move savings in one area of spending on families to very important, productive spending in another area.

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