Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I will gladly answer Senator Moore’s question because the fact is that no credible alternative package has been put forward, despite all the chest beating from Mr Abbott and Mr Hockey and Mr Robb about how easy it was to find savings. This package fails on every level. It is driven by politics, not by what is right for Australia. There is no support for this alternative package. What Mr Abbott has announced is truly a friendless package. The Liberal frontbench does not support it. The coalition party room does not support it, particularly the National Party, whose leader has been humiliated. Many parts of industry hate it. The international aid community and supporters of the Murray-Darling Basin certainly do not support it, and South Australians certainly will not be able to support it. (Time expired)