Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, this government will continue to be totally committed to doing everything within the law to stop the boats. That will continue to help us to save taxpayers' money. Because the Labor Party has suggested that they would again do what they did in the Rudd and Gillard years—they would again dismantle our successful border protection policies—taxpayers across Australia would again be forced to pay for the after-budget blowout to fund the cost of porous borders under a future Labor government, if it were ever to happen. This week this government will put forward the Labor budget measure from the 2013-14 budget not to proceed with the second round of income tax cuts linked to the carbon tax, because this government got rid of the carbon tax altogether. We know that Labor will bring the carbon tax back. We will also put the changes to the pension assets test to the parliament in this sitting fortnight, and we look forward to receiving the support of the chamber. (Time expired)