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

As I was saying, those opposite now have a choice. There is no more opportunity to play both sides of the street and no more opportunity to sit on the fence because those opposite are going to have to decide. Are they going to get behind this package designed to protect and support Australian jobs and families or are they going to do what they have been doing for the last 12 months, saying one thing and doing another, saying they support a package and then setting out in this chamber and other places to systematically undermine what they claim they are supporting? So those opposite need to come clean, and they need to come clean today. Are you going to support jobs and growth in this country? Are you going to get behind this package or are you going to keep playing short-term political games? (Time expired)