Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

He will certainly shake that sauce bottle, Senator Abetz—probably in consternation that he does not have a clue about health and does not have a clue how to even think about attempting to fix the problems in health.

The people of Australia have absolutely wised up to this now, because they can remember—they know. So if the Prime Minister wants to have an election on health: bring it on! Bring it on tomorrow; bring it on the day after—we will have it whenever he likes. This is about doing the right thing by the Australian people, and he has not—not for one moment—because he has simply broken the promises he made to the Australian people.

Isn’t it interesting that, with all the huff and bluster and hype that goes on, Justine Elliot, the member for Richmond, has not said boo in the other chamber about health? It is just a phoney government. It is so full of spin; it is quite extraordinary. It says one thing and does another. It is all talk, no action. It is all about words, words, words and spin, spin, spin and, ‘Gee, I wonder if I do something with this hand over here, and then something with this hand over here, they won’t notice that I’ve broken this promise over here, and they won’t notice that I, the Prime Minister, have not done this particular thing—I’ll just try to trick them with a sleight of hand.’ The Australian people are too smart for that. They are much too smart for that, and without doubt they are noticing what an absolutely phoney sham is this government, which has not delivered a single thing for the people of Australia. It is all talk, no action. You cannot trust this government. That is obvious. You cannot trust it to keep its promises. You certainly cannot trust it to manage money. What was all of that about—