Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The only person lost in space—in response to that silly interjection from Senator Colbeck—is Mr Hockey, particularly when he twitters and poses his thought bubbles. The world faced the worst financial and economic meltdown in 75 years, and that sort of silly interjection from the Liberal opposition is just typical of the lack of seriousness which they have displayed in responding to these issues. Their position has been to wait and see: to sit on your hands, wait and see, until things get worse and worse and worse; to twitter and have various thought bubbles, no policy; and generally to oppose every decisive action that the Rudd Labor government has taken. Criticise the bank guarantee. Criticise the stimulus packages. Criticise the interim ban on short selling. Time and again— (Time expired)