Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

I do not think the community would be terribly impressed with a Liberal opposition whose only support for a cash splash is a $1.6 billion windfall to the alcohol industry. Incredibly, the only area where the Liberal Party, which claims fiscal responsibility and wants to reduce budget debt, supports a cash splash is $1.6 billion to the alcohol industry. That is the Liberal Party’s position—dole out $1.6 billion to the alcohol industry. The Australian Medical Association strongly supports this measure. The President of the AMA, Rosanna Capolingua, told the Senate inquiry and was quoted today in the Canberra Times, ‘The AMA believes that current evidence from Australia and overseas provides every reason’— (Time expired)