Senator BILYK (Tasmania—Deputy Opposition Whip in the Senate) (15:16): I too rise to take note of and respond to the bizarre answers that we keep getting. It is interesting, isn't it? Twelve months—allegedly a celebration—but what a year the government has had! What a year! Senator Reynolds: Achievement after achievement. Senator BILYK: Well, if you could stand up and list those achievements, I would be very surprised. Once again, Senator Brandis gave extremely disappointing answers to all our questions today regarding the Turnbull government's achievements, probably because there are not many achievements for him to mention—although I will point out one later on in my contribution. But he is not alone, of course, in being unable to explain any real achievements of this government. He is joining other senior Liberal figures like Peta Credlin and Jeff Kennett. Then we have the members of the media, people that are normally so supportive of the government, like Piers Akerman, who said: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may well be the most over-qualified underachiever ever to occupy the Lodge. Well, that is a good sign of the good year that the government has had, isn't it! We have seen, as I said, a year of failure from Mr Turnbull and his underachieving government. No wonder Mr Joyce is poised, ready to roll him. And didn't Senator Nash let the cat out of the bag today when she started talking about the Joyce-Turnbull government? Absolutely. So we will be watching that to see what happens. This is a government in chaos. It is dysfunctional. It is not working. It is not able to work together. There are so many divisions within its party room and within its party that it is not funny. It has been not working for so long that in Tasmania it lost three out of five seats. It lost three seats! The 'three amigos' were categorically kicked out and told 'go away', and that is because this government has failed to achieve any successes—certainly from the Tasmanian people's point of view—in any way, shape or form. There seems to be a continuous struggle within the Turnbull government, and that means that they are failing to address any of the needs of the people of Australia. It has been a year of huge disappointment. We have had the deficit and net debt both continue to balloon on this Prime Minister's watch. Mr Turnbull came to government, if you remember, claiming that he was going to deliver economic leadership. Well, that has not happened. But, also, his big claim was that he was going to lead and unite his party. Well, we are still waiting to see that happen. He has failed spectacularly. Senator Brandis: We won the election. That is a good start. Senator BILYK: Only just. He was going to lead us into the new era. He was going to have this huge mandate. But it has not happened. He has compounded the coalition's abysmal fiscal record, which has seen the deficit triple, net debt blow out by well over $100 billion and the AAA credit rating put at risk. When it comes to the budget, this government stumbles from one stuff-up to the next, to be quite frank. The government's omnibus savings bill was a shambles even before Labor did the sums and found an embarrassing $107 million black hole and came up with fairer ways to save money. The government's superannuation policy has been shredded by its backbench, highlighting the disunity and dysfunction within its ranks. The Prime Minister lectures about the moral responsibility of budget repair, but at the same time he wants to gift a $50 billion tax cut to big business, when that money could go to schools and education and hospitals. Mr Turnbull and his government have shown that they do not have any idea how to fix the budget in a fair way. Labor has led on this debate and will continue to provide the economic leadership the Prime Minister has proven so incapable of. The Prime Minister keeps raising issues, but then he fails to follow through on them. He wears the suit, he talks the talk but he does not walk the walk. He is really unable to walk the walk. He is someone that is scared of his own shadow—or of the shadows that stalk him, just waiting to pull off another coup. We had the Prime Minister's move to hike the GST, a move that he dumped at the first sign of trouble—although I am sure he would raise it again, should an opportunity arise and should he get any control of his party room, which we do not hold out much hope of him doing. But there is one thing that Mr Turnbull has achieved. His achievement is he has helped people forget how bad Mr Abbott was. (Time expired)