Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition interjects, ‘What about economic management?’ That is just what I am talking about: how can you lose $9.6 billion and expect Australians to support you in this matter? This is a complete outrage. It is absolutely essential that people start to recognise and support the very good work of this government by not simply throwing good money after bad but investing in the private sector and the NGOs. The only way we are going to deal with any of these issues is to ensure that we abolish the money-grabbing taxes that have been imposed by the states and territories on land and house building. A complete waste of money, $9.6 billion, was invested by the Labor Party for an outcome of absolutely nothing.