Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Senator, I know that your policy is to cut $315 billion from the budget, but we don't take the view that at time when Australians are struggling, what we should be doing is cutting health. We don't take the view that what we should be doing is putting downward pressure on wages. We don't take the view that we should be saying, 'No, we won't fund urgent care clinics.' The problem is, Senator Hume, that your policy prescription will do nothing other than make things harder for everyday Australians. That is the reality. Your policy prescription would make things harder—