Common sense would require seeing what is in the detail rather than blindly signing off on something that you have'nt seen.
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Billions of dollars worth of cash handouts to families and low-income earners could be delayed as the Opposition and minor parties strongly resist pressure from the Government to pass its $42 billion stimulus plan through Parliament by the end of the week.
Millions of Australians are set to receive payments of up to $950 as part of the Government's $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan.
The Government wants to make the payments in March and April, but to do so it must get legislation passed through the Senate by the end of this sitting week.
Ministers have begun introducing the six bills needed to implement the plan into Parliament and debate over the bills could continue late into the evening.
Opposition finance spokesman Joe Hockey has told Channel 7 the Coalition will not be bullied into passing the bills.
"Even though we haven't see [the legislation] we've got to sign off on the biggest spending package since Gough Whitlam today, and if we don't do it they're going to ram it through the Parliament no matter what," he said.
"I care a lot about taxpayers' money and we will not be bullied into an immediate passing of these bills just because it suits the Prime Minister's political agenda."
However Mr Hockey would not confirm what the Opposition's position was on the package.
"We'll announce our position during the course of the day," he said.
Greens Leader Bob Brown says the Senate must have time to study the legislation.
"We want to see the Government have maximum flexibility in dealing with the economic situation but we want it done responsibly," he said.
"We'll also be looking to see if the taxpayers' dollar can't be improved and the delivery can't be improved by a little bit of independent scrutiny."
Senator Brown says the Greens are open to postponing Estimates hearings next week so the Senate can continue sitting.
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon says the Senate should have the option to put the legislation before an inquiry.
"I think we'd like to hear from someone of the likes of Ken Henry - the Treasury secretary - as to whether there has been any economic modelling of this package," he told AM.
But he said he would be willing to have the Senate sit through the weekend in order to deal with the bills urgently.
Treasurer Wayne Swan has told AM the Government has "no choice" but to have the legislation passed this week in order to deliver the payments.
"The Centrelink CEO and the Commissioner of Taxation have both indicated to the Government that it is their very strong preference if we are to deliver these payments in a timely way for that legislation to be passed this week," he said.
The Government maintains that the money must be distributed as soon as possible in order to have an immediate positive effect on growth and consumption.
As well as almost $13 billion worth of cash handouts, around $29 billion will be spend on school infrastructure, new public housing, small business tax breaks and roads improvement.
The package was released yesterday as the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates by 1 percentage point to 3.25 per cent.
