Jason Clare received a dixer so he could take some shots at the Coalition’s tax breaks for schnitties and steaks policy and show why he remains the government’s best communicator when it comes to delivering the lines:

Just over an hour ago we passed laws through this place that will help more kids get a great start in life. That will help kids get ready to start school, that will guarantee their mums and dads get access to government supported early education and care and if you ever need an example of the difference between us and them, between the Labor Party and the Liberal Party, this is it because they voted against it.

They voted against legislation to help some of the most disadvantaged kids and this country to get the early education that they need to start school ready to learn, it is a real-life example of opening the doors of opportunity for our kids and they voted to slam it shut. And here is the kicker, the argument that they use is that we cannot afford it.

But apparently we can afford billions of dollars for bosses to have lunch on the taxpayer. There is the difference. A three day guarantee for our kids and the Labor or make a free cause guarantee for bosses under the Liberal Party and this is not the only place where the difference is clear. We are fixing the funding of our schools and tying that funding to the sort of things that will help children who fall behind in school to catch up through things like free tutoring. If they went, that all goes.

Free tutoring replaced by free lunches again, leaving our kids [behind]. If we win the election, we will also do something else, we will cut student debt of three million Australians by 20 per cent. If they win, that will not happen either because they opposing that as well.

Mr Speaker, this was the press release from the shadow treasurer on 3 November on the day they said they were opposed to cutting student debt by 20 per cent and I promise you I’m not making this up. Their argument for opposing is this,’ there are no free lunches in economics. ‘ It turns out that there is. But only for the bosses. A bit of taxpayer funded chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey which is a perfect analogy for this policy because I think most Australians will think it is stuffed.