Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has promised 'good government starts today'. If good government starts today, what on earth has the Prime Minister been doing for the past 521 days?

Opposition members interjecting—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! We will have some silence. The question has been asked and we will now listen to the answer.

Mr Husic interjecting—

And that includes the member for Chifley.

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Good government in this country stopped at the end of 2007. It started again in September 2013. It might have had a bit of a holiday last week, but it started again yesterday. That is exactly what has happened. I tell you what a good government does: it does not waste billions, it does not put lives at risk—

Mr Husic interjecting—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Chifley will desist!

Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

and it does not jeopardise key relationships with our important neighbours. The only problem this good government has had is in the Senate where the former members of a bad government are sabotaging the solutions to the problems that they created. That is what is happening.

This government said it would scrap the carbon tax. The carbon tax is gone—$550 a year in the pockets of the average household. This government said it would stop the boats. The boats have stopped. As a result, hundreds of people are no longer dying at sea. This government said it would build the roads, and they are building. This government said it would repair the budget. Already, $16 billion worth of budget repair has passed the Senate. This is a good government. Look over the aisle, Madam Speaker, and you see the former members of the worst government in Australia's history. They have learnt nothing and they cannot change. That is their problem and that is why they will never be back on this side of the chamber.

Mr Husic interjecting—

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Chifley is warned!