Hollie Hughes (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

We know that the Prime Minister likes to speak out of both sides of his mouth. He loves an each-way bet, fighting Tories and playing political games. On over a hundred occasions, the Prime Minister looked Australians in the eye and told them that Labor had no plan to alter the stage 3 tax cuts. This continued throughout January, even though Treasury had already been preparing this Goliath breach of trust. In fact, even the ad agencies had been briefed. Yet he continued to mislead; to not tell the truth: the Dunkley deceit.

Why is this policy backflip so egregious? It's because the Prime Minister campaigned on an increase in transparency and integrity—the 'my word is my bond' statement. Well his word is no longer a bond. In fact, it's about as feeble as tissue paper in a hurricane. No-one can ever believe a world he ever says again.