Rob Mitchell (McEwen, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is not unparliamentary. Read the book. Truth is so important in here. That is what fails on the other side. What we have seen is this government not even standing up for their own budget. It is two days old and they cannot even stand up for it. Why can't they? Let's just have a look at some of the measures that have been put into this budget—they are absolutely disgraceful. This lot over here, every single one of them, gets a minimum of a $5,000 tax cut while pensioners receive one payment of $75 because the government are squibbing the winter energy concession. In fact, if you look at their budget papers that they so proudly talk about—but none of them want to talk; none of their economic team are here—pensioners are $366 a year worse off while each one these gets a $5,000 tax cut. So you tell me what is fair in that! What is fair in that? The prince of Point Piper sits there and gets his $8,000 tax cut. He is a multimillionaire, so he really needs that! The price of white truffles has gone up and it is painful for him. What we have seen, when they bring out their economic geniuses, is that this lot—fair dinkum—could not make money selling sausages at Bunnings. They are absolutely hopeless.

Let's go back to the NDIS—Mr Cockatoo over there—and what we see is $2 billion in administration. Why aren't you helping people with that? They will not do it because they know they cannot. It is not in their blood. Their DNA is that they do not want to help everyone. That is why they have increased the Medicare levy for people earning low incomes. Not everyone is like them and can afford truffles every week. The people out there who are trying to scratch a living, trying to stay in front and keep their heads afloat—

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