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

In Glory Daze, the shadow Treasurer talked about his glory days as the chief-of-staff to Wayne Swan and he said:

The Chief-of-Staff's job is tremendous, and worth the greying hair and expanding waistline. All at once you are the key adviser and confidante to the Treasurer … This requires a closeness with the boss and an ability to know his mind without even speaking with him about every issue.

He was at one with Obi-Swan—and he remains at one with Obi-Swan in this place. And as he listens to the Yoda of the time, Kevin Rudd, all he can hear is, 'Higher taxes, he must, higher taxes, he must!'

Mr Speaker, I'll tell you why I talk about the Labor Party and fiscal restlessness; it's because on our watch we will put in place stable and certain fiscal management. We will not return to the policies of panic and crisis of the Labor Party, which Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd championed.

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