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

As tends to be Senator Cormann's wont he has sought in volume to exceed the merit of his arguments. Certainly there was a lot of shouting in that contribution but, if I may say, very little of merit that warrants much attention. But I will go through a number of propositions in relation to the issues he raised. I see Senator Macdonald is on his feet. I would make the point that I am responding to the senator's own speech.