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

All we have seen from the other side, in the face of cuts to jobs, to nurses, to doctors, to firefighters, to roads, to transport, to palliative care and even to Vinnies, is cheerleading—cheerleading the Queensland government as they make these cuts. What do we hear from Senator Joyce, the great defender of working people?

Well, I back Campbell up 100 per cent.

This the same Senator Joyce whom a senior Liberal was describing today as an 'economic illiterate'.

What else have we heard? We have heard Mr Hockey saying things such as, 'More strength to his arm,' when he is talking about Premier Newman. As Premier Newman said, Tony Abbott is:

… very understanding … he and people like Joe Hockey have been incredibly supportive.