Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. As I said, the government has made no decision about an advertising campaign. Obviously, any decisions regarding tenders or contracts are always subject to the usual disclosure requirements that apply to all government tenders, of which Senator Birmingham is well aware. But I would again make this point: there have been many times when governments have advertised. Perhaps some were more meritorious than others. When those opposite want to lecture this government about advertising, you might recall the excess of $120 million that you spent on your Work Choices campaign, Senator Abetz—which I know you were a prime architect of. That was a winning strategy, wasn’t it!