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

If the Leader of the Opposition had bothered to inform himself of the significant work that had been done on these issues regarding incentives then he would not have rushed headlong into this proposal, which says Australians need to be paid cash to turn up and protect themselves, their communities and their families. I know what Australians have done over these past 18 months. I know the sacrifices they have made. They haven't done it to get the cash; they've done it because they know what has been necessary to get them, their communities and their families through. Over these years in opposition, this Labor Party have learnt absolutely nothing. The cash splashes of their last untargeted, ill-disciplined fiscal recklessness are writ large again in this Leader of the Opposition. Under Labor, you and your money will be easily parted with the undisciplined, untargeted, ill-informed spending of the Labor Party— (Time expired)

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