Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I wonder what the Labor Party's values are that Senator Singh finished on there and what they meant in foreign aid, because it is interesting that Australia became, I think, the third biggest recipient of foreign aid in our region under the former, Labor government, under their shambolic policies. They so badly lost control of the borders and lost control of the budget that we became the third largest recipient of Australian aid in the region in relation to border protection policies or so-called border protection policies under the former, Labor government. That was their idea of a sustainable aid budget. I think that Senator Singh should reflect on that fact—whether that was actually a good outcome when we saw the Labor Party lose control of the budget, lose control of the borders and make Australia the third largest recipient of Australian aid. Does that fit with the Labor Party values that Senator Singh was referring to at the end of her contribution?

I would say that the Labor Party values reflected in today's question time are mainly about deceit—mainly about trying to mislead the Australian people with some of their questioning. I am not surprised that Senator Cameron's question has not been taken note of, because of the embarrassment when he got the answers from the Attorney-General. I am not surprised they did not go to Senator Cameron's question. But that was along the same lines: he was asking a question and making assertions which were false, absolutely false.

Let us deal with the other questions that we are taking note of today. Firstly, in terms of school funding, the coalition is delivering, in the four-year budget period, $1.2 billion more in school funding than the Labor Party were going to. That is a fact.