Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

Implicit in that question is the typical Labor Party approach of having a bob each way. On the one hand, they say prices are too high and that is our fault; on the other hand, if we talk about the states and their land release programs, they say that is terrible because it would affect the price of housing. You cannot have it both ways. This is why they are in opposition. They simply have no coherence in their economic policies. They have a bob each way on absolutely everything. They complain about private health insurance. They do not like private health insurance at all, but then they cry crocodile tears and run a scare campaign that premiums will go up if we privatise Medibank Private. It is classic Labor Party incoherence on economic policy.