Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Casey for his question. The government put in place measures that we brought before this parliament last year—measures to assist individuals, measures to assist small business, measures to assist our economy. What is clear is that those measures have made a substantial difference. I hope the member for Casey tells James that he voted against energy price relief for James. I hope he gets on the blower and says: 'Sorry, James, I got it wrong. I voted against support for you, like I voted against every other positive measure that has been brought before this parliament.' Those opposite are obsessed with just saying no. They want people to be worse off because they think that will make them better off politically. That's the strategy that they have here—constantly being negative, constantly saying no. The Leader of the Opposition takes the last bit of his title very seriously: opposition for opposition's sake, never putting forward a constructive idea. They had one proposal in their budget reply. It took them 11 weeks to come up with costing and then they folded their tent.

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