Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I would refer him to the pictorial. You have to have pictures in a book, and I am sure there will be plenty in that book. I would ask him to take a photo of this:

Mr Cullen, who took over Number 33—formerly the Sanctum—at the start of the year, even ran cheeky newspaper advertisements about the stimulus package, encouraging people to "Get more bang for your buck".

He said the economic downturn had certainly taken its toll on the sex industry.

"It is very quiet at the moment," Mr Cullen said.

Thank God for the $900 cheques!

"The stimulus package helped a bit. Around the time the money started to come in business picked up."

The problem is that it is taxpayers' money that went out: $900 cheques—borrowed money from the next generation—that the member for Lilley and the Labor Party just splashed around without regard. It is only the coalition that is going to stop the waste. It is only the coalition that is going to stop the mismanagement. What a disgrace from Labor.

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