Senator HUGHES (New South Wales) (13:41): We know that the Prime Minister likes to speak out of both sides of his mouth. He loves an each-way bet, fighting Tories and playing political games. On over a hundred occasions, the Prime Minister looked Australians in the eye and told them that Labor had no plan to alter the stage 3 tax cuts. This continued throughout January, even though Treasury had already been preparing this Goliath breach of trust. In fact, even the ad agencies had been briefed. Yet he continued to mislead; to not tell the truth: the Dunkley deceit. Why is this policy backflip so egregious? It's because the Prime Minister campaigned on an increase in transparency and integrity—the 'my word is my bond' statement. Well his word is no longer a bond. In fact, it's about as feeble as tissue paper in a hurricane. No-one can ever believe a world he ever says again. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Grogan ): Senator Hughes, I'll just caution you on your language. Senator HUGHES: Madam Acting President, I have not said the word that the President doesn't like us to say. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: There are many other words. Senator HUGHES: Well no-one can ever believe a world he says again. There may be some credence to his defence if it were the first time he'd broken faith with the electors, but, alas, this is now just the next broken promise. There was $275 off your power bills—the Voldemort of figures, the number that shall never speak its name, for those opposite. No changes to superannuation, yet here we are with significant and unprecedented changes, especially the ludicrous proposal of unrealised capital gains. What's next? The family home, capital gains, a death tax or negative gearing? How will we know? What we do know is that we cannot believe that what they say is what they will actually do. (Time expired)