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

I thank Senator Brown for her final question. It becomes clearer each day that there is really no coherent alternative economic approach from those opposite. Perhaps the case in question is the schoolkids bonus. The opposition want to stand in the way of giving families more assistance with education costs; the coalition want to oppose and block families getting assistance for those costs. That is what they want to do. Remember, of course, that this is the same coalition that opposes the means testing of the baby bonus. A very interesting question was put to Mr Hockey. He was asked:

You've been critical of the School's bonus. What's the difference between the baby bonus and the School Bonus?

Mr Hockey replied:

There is a vast difference.

The host said 'What?' and Mr Hockey said:

You have to have a baby.

You have to have a baby! Babies grow up, and then they go to school— (Time expired)