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

At the end of the decade, that has fallen to one dollar in seven. So just about everybody in the community accepts that the mining industry can pay a bit more—except the Leader of the Opposition, who does what he is told by the likes of Clive Palmer. Some of those mining companies walked into his office in week one, told him what to do, and he has been singing their tune ever since then.

There is a wider debate happening in the community, and those 20 respected economists have gone to the core of why we do need change, fundamental reform, in this area. They are respected Australians: Professor Allan Fels, former head of the ACCC; Michael Keating, former head of the Australian Public Service; and the list goes on. They make some very sensible—

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