Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Corporate Governance and Responsibility) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak to the government’s response to the Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee’s report. I want to start by briefly responding to a couple of things Senator Heffernan said. I hope he was not speaking of former Premier Dunstan in disrespectful terms. He was a Premier much loved by many South Australians, whose legacy in social justice and reform across a range of areas led the nation. One thing that was interesting about the contribution of Senator Heffernan was that he did not defend the response to the report. The reason he could not defend the response to the report is that the response is outdated.