Julian McGauran (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Many on the other side will challenge that proposition, perhaps including yourself, Mr Acting Deputy President Forshaw. The point in regard to privatisation is that Senator Cameron says the previous coalition government privatised—and I do not know if these figures are correct—some 10 per cent, or whatever the figure was, of national wealth. We did, unashamedly. It was our policy, it was our philosophy and it was the foundation stone of returning the country to a surplus budget and zero debt. That is why we undertook privatisation. Senator Cameron has not got a clue. He just ran the philosophical Labor Left line. I cannot tell the difference between him and his predecessor, who he knifed ruthlessly.

I tell you what: Senator Cameron is eerily similar to former Senator George Campbell. They both have over 100,000 unemployed around their necks. We all know the former Prime Minister, Mr Keating, described Senator Cameron’s predecessor, Mr Campbell, as having something like 120,000—