Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for that supplementary question. Let us be clear: the government are working through all of the issues that are arising from the government’s introduction of swift and decisive action to protect this country’s financial stability. That was the No. 1 priority: to ensure that this country was in a position to be able to protect deposits and to ensure that our financial system remained stable. Unlike those opposite, we are taking the financial situation very seriously. We are not trying to walk both sides of the street, pretending we are supporting the government on the one hand and yet constantly carping and working on criticising the government at every opportunity. We are working through these issues carefully and with consideration. We have put in place a range of measures, which I have just outlined— (Time expired)