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

Those opposite seek to avoid their responsibilities in this chamber. They seek to avoid a genuine debate about the budget. They try to pretend they are asking questions about the budget and you are not in a situation, Mr President, where you can actually point out the facts as opposed to the propaganda from those opposite. Since the first stimulus payment announced in October, almost 70c in every dollar has gone to infrastructure. Those opposite are guilty of their typical opportunism and their typical negativity. They continue to walk both sides of the street. Let us be clear to those opposite: this morning, the shadow Treasurer nominated $25 billion worth of savings by less spending. On Thursday night the Leader of the Opposition has to deliver to that challenge. (Time expired)