Mr HOCKEY (North Sydney—The Treasurer) (14:09): No. I will tell you why. We went to the last election saying, as the Prime Minister said, that taxes will be lower under the coalition than under Labor. The fact of the matter is that there is a wonderful graph in the budget papers that clearly shows that, as a result of the decisions we have taken since we have come to government, tax collections are lower than they would have been if Labor were re-elected. The thing about Labor is that they are experts when it comes to tax and deceit. Exhibit A was the mining tax. That was the benchmark success for taxation reform laid down by the member for Lilley. He is a very gifted man, the member for Lilley. He manages to introduce a tax that raises no money. That is quite an achievement. In the case of the Labor Party, they promised 'There would be no carbon tax under the government I lead', and then they go and do a deal with the Greens. There was no higher purpose for introducing a carbon tax. The money was not going to go to something that was going to build a stronger nation. Mr Burke: Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. In order to be directly relevant, at some point he should refer to his answer on 7.30 last night. The SPEAKER: There is no point of order. It was a very generic question. The Treasurer has the call. Mr HOCKEY: The fact of the matter is that Labor only ever introduced new taxes for political purposes. That is what they did. That was their benchmark. The biggest criticism the Labor Party have—and we have had two questions now—about the budget is about the politics of it. Opposition members: No! Mr HOCKEY: Oh, yes! It is all about the politics. It is not about the economics of it. It is all about the politics. That is why the Labor Party was not fit to govern. That is why the Labor Party is not fit to govern.