Jason Falinski (Mackellar, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Except that Labor will be! That's the whole problem now with what the member for Fenner has been saying. He spent a good 15 minutes and three seconds telling us how bad tax cuts are, but Labor will have bigger and better tax cuts than the coalition. In fact, I was so concerned by his obsession with size that I wondered what was going on. In order to justify why his tax cuts are better than our tax cuts, he quoted from the Grattan Institute at great length. One was wondering where the Australia Institute was today—or the Whitlam foundation or indeed any of the other front groups that the Labor Party have set up over the years to justify their policies. Then of course we had the coup de grace—but I'm afraid he buried it—with Ross Gittins. He quoted Ross Gittins.

Now, we know that the member for Fenner is somewhat upset that he has not yet had an opportunity to appear on the front pages of GQ, but I assure the member for Fenner that there is one person who will never bump him off the front page of GQ, and that's Ross Gittins, both in economic theory and in fashion. But, of course, he buried the lead. He quoted Rolling Stone. If I too may quote Rolling Stoneand I say this sincerely to the member for Fenner:

You can't always get what you want

But if you try sometimes you might find

You get what you need.

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