Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

You should be in those photographs, Senator Mason. I think you are disappointed that you are not. I am really proud to stand here today as a senator in a government which acted swiftly on this initiative for the betterment of Australia. It is a government which will kept the nation out of recession; a government which will keep people in jobs; a government that has invested in infrastructure for our future generations; a government that has revitalised our schools; a government which did what it had to do in a global financial crisis; and its strict spending discipline will ensure our budget is back in the black in 2012-13.