Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to support amendment (2), moved by the member for North Sydney. If we are to have a fair dinkum parliamentary budget office, this amendment is absolutely necessary. What we have in the government's bill is simply a Clayton's parliamentary budget office. It is the type of Parliamentary Budget Office you will have if you really do not want one. But I trust that this is not a deliberate policy of this government. I trust that it is just sloppy legislation and sloppy drafting that has led to this situation.

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