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

As I was saying, the stream of consciousness that was just put forward actually contained little accuracy and little substance. So it will be very hard to be directly relevant to such a stream of nonsense. Those quotes that they continue to assert are contradictory are not contradictory. The fact is that those opposite are completely bereft of an understanding of fundamental economics. All I can say—and Mitch is not even here to hear this—is: give poor Senator Fifield a go at writing these questions, because you might then find somebody who understands something about economics. The whole premise of the question is false. (Time expired)