Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Friday the 13th is going to go down in Australian financial infamy because this is the day that Australia gets saddled with a debt that we have not got a clue how we are ever going to repay—and it is thanks to the Labor government that this is happening. Let us go through the recent history of what all this is. Family First were tricked. Family First were taken out of the deal—or they took themselves out of the deal—right from the word go. We do not believe that this is the best package. It is a terrible package. It has no efficacy, it has no outcome and its cost is immense. Senator Fielding was tricked by the Labor Party. As for the Greens, well, they sold out and were caught out—and they were caught out on film. They were caught out in this chamber when Senator Evans came down here to ask Senator Brown, one of his adjuncts, to do his dirty work. Then all of a sudden when it did not work out they had to get Senator Ludwig to correct them.