Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Abetz. If I am your No. 1, I really appreciate that! I can understand why members of the former, Howard government would think governments are not capable of doing more than one thing at a time! But this is a reformist government. When we came into office, there was a lot that had to be done, there was a lot that had been ignored over many years. We make no apology for saying there was an enormous investment required in the education system. We make no apology for recognising that reform was required in the health industry. We have a large number of projects and reform agendas underway—that is right. We make no apology for that because, frankly, there was a lot that needed to be fixed following the end of the Howard government.