Keith Wolahan (Menzies, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Members opposite, you seem quite perplexed as to why these MPI discussions keep coming before you. You seem quite confused as to why we're repeating it. The clue is in the title.

Government members interjecting—

If there's a pause in interjections you might want to listen to this: 'the government's continuing failure'—'continuing'. Many treasurers from the Labor Party have sat opposite and quoted in their essays and papers John Maynard Keynes, but they're missing this quote that's attributed to him: 'When the facts change, I change my mind.' We never hear that from those opposite. That's why we have here a continuing failure. If that failure is addressed, these MPIs will stop. They will stop; I promise.

Government members interjecting—

I look you in the eye and say, 'These will stop.' They'll stop, because the failure to address the cost-of-living crisis a real thing. Don't trust me; trust the Edelman Trust Barometer about what Australians think of this place. In a survey of 28 countries, when Australians were asked about trust for government, it found that 45 per cent now distrust government.

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