Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for confirming that cost-of-living issues are not addressed in Labor's budget. I refer to the $13.7 million squirreled away in the budget to fund what is euphemistically referred to as a climate change foundation campaign, which, accor­ding to the Minister for Climate Change, will be used for websites and the printing of information brochures. Given the experience with GROCERYchoice and Fuelwatch websites, can the minister understand why Australian families might regard the spend­ing of this money as another example of waste and mismanagement?