Joanne Ryan (Lalor, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It not being question time, I'm free to compare and contrast. Those opposite carp and preach while we listen and act. What's the evidence? The climate change deniers over there want to get in the way of renewable energy while this responsible government wants to clean up the mess and get the country moving. Over there they left us with debt as far as the eye can see. Over here, we've got a government that delivered a surplus for the first time in 15 years. Over there, there are billions of dollars' worth of tax cuts that miss lower and middle income earners. On this side, we delivered a tax cut to every Australian taxpayer. Over there, they want to carp and talk about cost-of-living pain and have a knee-jerk reaction to everything we try to do to assist Australian families.

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