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

I think one thing we have established in this question time is that, clearly, Senator Cormann and Senator Joyce do not talk to each other, because I answered almost the entirety of that question in response to the first question from Senator Cormann. I have also put out a press release. Clearly, Senator Joyce does not like reading and he does not like facts to get in the way of a good story. He is wrong. We have made clear that we are not raiding the Future Fund, we are not withdrawing funds from the Future Fund and we have no intention of doing so. He should stop coming in here and making false assertions, because false assertions are not a substitute for political debate and they are certainly not a substitute for sensible economic policy. And let me tell you that, when it comes to sensible economic policy, that end of the chamber is a complete wasteland.