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

A couple of things: I reiterate that we have already committed about $2 billion on greenhouse gas emission abatement, but what really worries me and should worry the Australian people is the tenor and the implication of the opposition leader’s question. It suggests that a Labor government would simply rush the money out the door, regardless of the quality of the proposals put before it. That is not the way to responsibly manage taxpayers’ money, but it shows you that is how Labor operated in government and they have learnt nothing. They will just rush the money out the door regardless of the quality of the proposals. We do take care. We regard ourselves as custodians of taxpayers’ money, which is to be spent wisely on quality projects. We have no shame about that.