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

I do not know about pink batts, but I know about pink tutus! If you look at the alternative economic think tank of the Liberal-National party, we have the opposition Treasury spokesman, Mr Hockey. He is the one who waves around a magic wand and pink tutus. He was asked on the weekend about his leader, Mr Abbott. Mr Abbott is the one who thinks we should have had a stimulus package like New Zealand, but of course New Zealand has had five negative economic quarters. Then, of course, we have had Senator Joyce. He is an accountant but he does not understand billions or millions, and he has whipped up dangerous hysteria about Australia’s non-existent government debt problem. Mr Hockey summed it up by saying: ‘Real people making real decisions. That’s what we are.’ ‘We wear tutus when we’re explaining economic policy’—extreme statements and rolling out excuses later. The opposition are tutu-wearing dancers and their tutu— (Time expired)