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

I do understand why they are so sensitive, because they are going to take the axe to basic services, and they want to keep their agenda hidden just like Campbell Newman kept it hidden in Queensland. That is their objective: to have a commission of audit to hide the truth, not to tell the truth.

We on this side of the House understand that you have to build up the nation. You have to support your workforce. You do not do it by tearing working people down.

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