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

Through you, Mr President—the minister could come clean with Australian taxpayers and tell them just how much they are spending on Mr Hockey’s latest round of industrial relations advertising. Can the minister also confirm that the Howard government is on track to spend nearly $2 billion of taxpayers’ funds on advertising during its term in office? Minister, isn’t it the case that the Howard government will do anything, say anything and spend any amount of taxpayers’ money in an attempt to get itself re-elected?