Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak about the budgetary success of our government. Before I talk about that, I want to speak about Wendy in the member for Kingsford-Smith's electorate. Isn't Wendy lucky that she was not confronting the sorts of cuts that Labor made—$23 billion in family tax benefit A and B over six years! This is an example of the unprincipled action that we are seeing from the Labor Party. What an absolute joke. Poor Wendy! We are investing record amounts in health and education and, if you consider our childcare reforms, we are standing up for those who earn the least, providing people who earn $65,000 or less with an 85 per cent subsidy. I say to Wendy, 'You are very fortunate that you are not living under a Labor federal government.' They trashed our economy, they trashed our budget, they drove up the debt and the deficit and now they are not working in the national interest with the government—

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