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

The Australian public are sick and tired of the political games of the Labor Party, who are trying to stop investment in this country to support more growth for better paid jobs and more jobs for Australia. This is just another absurd stunt from the opposition, who are just not interested in engaging in a sensible economic discussion to grow our economy.

To do as they have proposed is an absurdity. It is important that Australian workers know that this parliament is getting on with the job of supporting long-term investment decisions that support wages now. The opposition does not seem to understand that if you are going to invest billions of dollars, 10 years from now you want to know what the arrangements are going to be for those investments. That is why a 10-year plan on corporate tax arrangements is the right economic policy. It is something the opposition used to support, but in their usual hacked political opportunist way they seek to undermine the investor confidence in this country in the way they have dealt with this issue.

It is pure and unadulterated hypocritical politics from an opposition that has no clue how to drive investment and support growth for more and better paid jobs in Australia. This is a pathetic stunt, and the opposition should grow up.

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