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

It is a very good question from the member for Flynn. Why? Because, when Labor was in government, they not only ran out of official money; they went after unofficial money. They went into the bank account of everyone who had not touched that bank account for three, four, five or six years and they took the accounts. They actually took the accounts. They seized the property assets of Australians who had not touched their bank accounts for a short period of time. Of course it was the member for Lilley who came up with that idea. He is still here—he is burying himself in solitaire on his computer there. I was reminded of the Herald Sun front page: 'Hands off our cash—Swan's $100m bank robbery.'

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