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

Well, it is the truth. The only job he is worried about is his own job. He is not worried about the jobs of Australians because he does not walk in the same shopping aisles as average Australians. He certainly does not do that, because why does he vote against stimulus? If he understood the impact of his decisions to oppose these measures, why does he vote against stimulus? Because he is chronically out of touch with the needs of the Australian economy and chronically out of touch with the need to support jobs in our community. The only job he is worried about is his own. Naked political opportunism—that is what rules the day. We on this side of the House will go on supporting jobs—

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