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

I can also confirm that the ANAO confirmed that a number of other statements that the opposition were complai­ning of were correct, including that the gove­rnment will use more than half the carbon price revenue to assist households and that nine out of 10 households will receive assist­ance through tax cuts, increased family bene­fits or higher pensions or other payments.

In relation to the effectiveness or other­wise of the campaign, I do not have any briefing on the specific quote in a consult­ant's report to the ANAO to which Senator Brandis is referring, but I would say this: the opposition made a range of claims that were inaccurate, asserting that the facts in the campaign were false, and Mr Abbott's allegations have been found to be untrue, have been found to not be correct.