Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition does not want to hear about the fact that it is our proper prerogative and responsibility to let the Australian people know about all the exciting things that we are doing on their behalf and that is why they have elected us on four consecutive occasions to govern this country. We have no shame whatsoever in ensuring that the Australian people know exactly what we are doing on their behalf.

How dare the Labor Party lecture us about government advertising! Do they watch television when they go back to Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane and see the shameless behaviour of the state Labor premiers who appear in all the government advertising campaigns run by the state Labor governments? We do not get information when we turn on our TVs back in our capital cities; what we see is Mr Beattie, Mr Rann or Mr Bracks poncing around on screen telling the people what great guys they are. It is outrageous what the state Labor premiers have been doing with their taxpayers’ money, so we are not going to listen to any lectures from the Labor Party about government advertising.