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

I am being accused of filibustering when I am outlining the $20 billion plus—

Senator Humphries interjecting—

Actually Senator Ronaldson did, Senator Humphries. At least he has done the right thing and recognised that. I am outlining the substantial amount of money that we rightly put towards our serving men and women. Really, amend­ments (1) to (3) are simply to fix up a mistake that the opposition made in the drafting of their bill when they forgot this particular scheme. Given the government's position, which is that these are not affordable changes, the government is not supporting these amendments. To try and expedite the debate, I will flag that the government is also opposing amendment (4), which really goes to the heart of this fiscal issue because it is saying essentially, 'Government, go and find the money.'