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

My question is to the Prime Minister. Just weeks before the New South Wales state election, it has been reported that the Prime Minister's unfair GP tax will be scrapped. This is not the first time that the Prime Minister has made announcements on the eve of a vote. Why should the Prime Minister's claims before another state election be viewed any differently from the straight-out lies he told voters before the federal election?

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

That is an unparliamentary term. The member will remove that term.

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

All right, Madam Speaker.

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

Just the end of it.

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

How can anyone believe anything that this Prime Minister says before an election?

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

I would remind the Leader of the Opposition that he knows perfectly well that that is an unparliamentary term and not to use it again.

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

That from a member of parliament who backstabbed two prime ministers!

Mr Perrett interjecting—

Mr Husic interjecting—

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

Order! The member for Moreton is warned and so is the member for Chifley!

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

This government has delivered for the people of New South Wales. We have abolished the carbon tax and we have abolished the mining tax. This government has committed to the WestConnex project, the NorthConnex project and to the Pacific Highway. And we will deliver. It is interesting that the Leader of the Opposition should ask me about the state election, because the state Labor opposition has just released an infrastructure plan that is not about what they will build but about what they will cancel. Labor have announced that they will cancel the second harbour rail crossing, they will cancel the Parramatta light rail—

Ms Butler interjecting—

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

The member for Griffith will desist!

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

and they will cancel road upgrades around Sydney's second airport and Western Sydney's first airport. They will cancel all of that. And they have said that they will cancel stage 3 of WestConnex. The New South Wales Labor Party, having presided over 16 years of stagnation, now want to take New South Wales backwards. I am very pleased to be working hand in glove with the New South Wales Premier, Mike Baird. I am very happy to be standing shoulder to shoulder with Mike Baird, as I was just nine days ago in Sydney. Together, the New South Wales coalition government and the Commonwealth coalition government will set up New South Wales for a great future.