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

I am reminded by my colleagues that I have committed a great offence to my good friend the member for Swan. I should never have referred to him in those terms paralleling him with the member for Lilley. That is a terrible slight and I deeply apologise for making a comparison with the member for Lilley, who was the great architect of 'the four surpluses we announce tonight' and the mining tax revenue that never existed. It vanished like the superannuation policy of those opposite. On this side of the House, if there are important measures we want to pursue like reforms to make childcare more affordable, we come up with ways to pay for it. When we want to reform superannuation to make it more flexible and more sustainable, and in a way that recognises more the challenges faced by those on low incomes, those in home based businesses or contractors—

Mr Brian Mitchell interjecting—

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