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

The action taken by the government is in stark contrast to the attitude of those opposite. They are focused on saying no to absolutely everything—no to economic stimulus to support the jobs of working Australians, no to the Fair Work Act, because they would rather go back to Work Choices, and no to greater telecommunications competition and consumer protection. The list continues. These latest unemployment figures demonstrate just how wrong the Liberal Party were to vote against the stimulus that has kept Australia out of recession and has saved the jobs—