Emma Husar (Lindsay, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Just 'alternative facts'! We see contained in this bill and the accompanying talking points from those opposite a multitude of mistruths and misdirections. Foremost is the government's assertion that the NDIS was not fully funded by the previous Labor government. That is trotted out from the mouths of everybody sitting over there. This is an 'alternative fact'—which I thought were just reserved for President Trump. And the government now asserts that the creation of this special fund signifies the beginning of the NDIS being fully funded. Of course, this is complete rubbish. The government knows it is complete rubbish, and I can only surmise that the time and energy that has gone into building up this fallacy really bells the cat about where the true priorities of this government lie when it comes to the NDIS.

Mr Keenan interjecting—

Mr Champion interjecting—

Here are the facts—and, if they stopped squabbling at the table there, they might actually learn something—

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