Public Accounts and Estimates Committee
Report on the 2019–20 Budget Estimates
Mr RICHARDSON (Mordialloc) (10:25): I rise to speak on the report of the 2019–20 budget estimates. Taking people to page 2 as well, as the member for Forest Hill said, it is going to be very interesting to see the rhetoric that those opposite, including the member for Forest Hill, put forward when the federal government estimates that it will be in deficit by $100 billion. All the inflammatory language of those opposite attacking this kind of policy to try and get our communities through, we are going to use that and talk to Scott Morrison and federal counterparts about that, because that inflammatory language is exactly what we do not need at a time when we are supporting communities through bushfire and coronavirus.
Members interjecting.
Mr RICHARDSON: Your federal mates will be on the phone, mate, because you are talking down their actions.
The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! The member for Mordialloc!
Mr RICHARDSON: This is a great budget. It is an outstanding budget, and it will see us get through a crisis that we have not seen for a whole generation.