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

I know you might laugh at more jobs and economic growth, Senator, but I suspect the people who elect you here might actually care about jobs and growth—the Australian economy to outperform every single major advanced economy over the next two years. In 2013 alone, Australia's growth is expected to be more than double the average for OECD economies. I know this is not news that those opposite want to hear, but the OECD report does remind us of the importance of continued reform and an economic plan for the future. Mr Abbott has cottoned onto this after months and months of nothing but negativity, smear and fear. He has suddenly worked out that he needs to look like he has got a plan for the future, so he stapled a few of his speeches together and launched them at the party room. This is nothing more than a desperate stunt to try and pretend that he has actually got a few policy ideas. (Time expired)