Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It is right: we have heard a lot of hypothetical questions about policies the government does not have, but there are plenty of policies on the other side that they will not even explain. The Leader of the Opposition, when he was a minister, agreed with the Prime Minister without even knowing what she said, and now he wants to ask questions of us about policies we do not have! He remains confused.

But what we are not confused about is the some $59.6 billion in expanded spending and commitments that those opposite are out there with—some $60 billion. There is some $3.6 billion in savings and revenue measures that they proposed when they were in government and they now oppose when they are in opposition. There are savings and revenue measures that have been proposed by the government that they are now blocking—that is some $5.4 billion. This is spending Labor say that they must restore from the savings that we have been able to achieve—some $33½ billion; a further $1.1 billion in budget savings that Labor say—

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