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

I thank Senator Coonan for that question. It is clear—as has already been demonstrated by the questions in this place today and the answers given by the minister—that those opposite do not have a fig leaf when it comes to this. There are thousands upon thousands of jobs being created in every local community across Australia—and the key here is: those opposite do not support one of them. They will turn up for the photo opportunity, they will ask to be in the photo, but they come into this chamber, they vote against them and then they attack them and criticise them. It is the height of hypocrisy. They want to come in here and have it both ways. They want to walk both sides of the street. They are happy for Australian families—