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

I wonder if the opposition ever chose to cost Mr Abbott's proposition to double the intake of humanitarian asylum seekers post the last election. I do not see that appearing anywhere in their election costings or subsequently. I think people know, if they are watching this question time, the sorts of politics that are being played on the other side and they know this: there is no sensible response to the opposition as yet on this budget—a budget which is very important for Australia's future; a budget that brings the budget back to black; a budget which is focused on creating jobs, training more people for jobs and getting more people into jobs. That is what this budget is about. But what do we see from the other side? Absolutely nothing. (Time expired)