Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Of course they just want to ignore all of the companies that are members of the Australian Industry Group—all of those employers doing a great job making sure that they help their companies get out of the difficult times they have been in. What Heather Ridout said is that this is ‘bad policy’ and went on to say it is ‘the sort of policy you have when you are not serious about having a policy’.

Peter Hartcher in today’s Sydney Morning Herald

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