Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I hear that they don't like the word 'reckless', but their voting record in this chamber has been reckless. It paints a picture of what would happen were they to be on this side of the chamber again. We know the risk involved. They've been reckless. Remember, they wanted to go to an election over the tax cuts for every taxpayer in the country. That was so terrible they wanted to call an election. They've argued against higher minimum wages. They've argued against the IR reforms. They've argued against pay rises for aged care workers. And cheaper medicines—who would have thought you could actually argue against cheaper medicines? But this group found a way to do it. There are urgent care clinics and 24-hour nurses in aged care. There's the tripling of the bulk-billing incentive. There's the energy price relief plan. You're coming in here complaining about energy prices but then voting against energy bill relief. Of course, they voted on everything to do with housing and fee-free TAFE, if you can believe that. (Time expired)