Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Now that Senator Conroy has confirmed the interest burden, every Australian—man, woman and child—now carries a Labor imposed debt of $9,000 each, with $500 interest each year. Isn’t this proof that the Rudd Labor government has simply lost control of the nation’s finances?