Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Can the Assistant Treasurer confirm that the government is working hard with industry to protect Australian families from the impacts of the global recession? Are there any alternative views to tackling the impact on Australian families? Whilst it is clear that the global economy remains a serious concern and the impacts of the crisis are being cushioned by the action of the Rudd government, we are clearly not out of the woods yet. How do the Rudd government’s plans to protect Australians compare with the reckless policy alternative of ‘wait and see’?