Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I've already taken questions in relation to a 2008 Auditor-General's report on notice. That is, of course, a report that was delivered when the Rudd government was in government. So I will, of course, as I've indicated to the chamber, get answers to these sorts of questions, which of course relate to a time when Mr Morrison wasn't even in the parliament. He was a private citizen back then. He was a private citizen who was praised by the then chairman of Tourism Australia, Mr Fisher, for his outstanding performance. He was the driving force behind the 'Where the bloody hell are you?' campaign, which was highly successful in raising Australia's profile internationally and highly successful in attracting more tourists to Australia.

Mr Morrison, of course, is known to the people of Australia as the person who dealt with Labor's chaos at our borders. He is the one who stopped the boats. He is the one who took over your chaos and dysfunction after six years of dysfunctional Labor government which led to a weakening economy, rising unemployment, a rapidly deteriorating budget position and chaos at our borders. Compare that with our track record of a stronger economy, more jobs, an improving budget position and, of course, a government that is successful in protecting the integrity of our borders. The Australian people know who delivers stronger growth, more jobs, better opportunity for Australian families and integrity to our borders.