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

The dark shadow over the Australian economy is caused by the unbelievably reckless talking down of the economy by those opposite. They come in here and talk about uncertainty, after talking up uncertainty and talking down the Australian economy, refusing to provide business with any certainty and even adding to it by saying, 'Oh, you'd better not buy anything; we'll rip the contracts up.' We know those opposite are quite happy to attack the Australian economy in their bid to attack the government, and what that shows is how completely economically reckless they are. And to come in here and talk about certainty and talk about confidence when they have members of their frontbench likening the Australian economy to that of Greece just shows how appallingly economically reckless this coalition is.