Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, you were. You were out there trying to shame him into putting in place some decent tax reform. That is what you were doing. You were not actually looking after the fundamental interests of the Australian economy—and you were not doing anything about the infrastructure bottlenecks. You would come into the House day after day, week after week, playing the blame game—blame the states; do not accept any responsibility for political leadership, which is what the Reserve Bank was advising you to do.

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