Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would also like to speak to the Finance and Public Administration Refer­ences Committee report Government advertising and accountability. I couldn't help myself. While I was in my office I heard Senator Macdonald use the 'H' word: hypocrisy. I thought to myself, 'What is this? Senator Macdonald talking about hypocrisy on government advertising.' My mind went back to Work Choices, when Senator Macdonald sat in here and voted time and time again to rip the conditions of Australian workers away. Not only did he vote for that but he was complicit in the coalition's position of spending $150 million of taxpayers' money to advertise Work Choices. Remember the ads—all those happy workers that loved Work Choices; all those happy little workers out there saying, 'We love Work Choices!' When they got a chance to vote on Work Choices they kicked you lot out, because the hypocrisy—