George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Bilyk, I am afraid you are conflating two entirely different things, because both of these measures are fairness measures and both of them will have good social effects. Let me explain this to you, Senator Bilyk. As I tried to explain to your colleague Senator Wong, the $65 billion enterprise tax plan will ensure that Australian businesses have more money to employ more people and to pay the people they employ better wages. That is the way that you grow the economy. I should not have to make this point to you, Senator Bilyk, because your leader, Mr Shorten, some years ago made the very same argument—which he has now conveniently forgotten about. Meanwhile, in another area of social policy, schools policy, we are increasing the Commonwealth's contribution over 10 years by $18.6 billion and, unlike you, we can point to where the money is coming from.