Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

Those opposite have a $70 billion black hole that they have not explained yet. They had an $11 billion election budget hole. You would have thought they could manage to avoid increasing that, but they actually have managed to do that on their own admission. When you get into a circumstance where the international economy is slowing and not generating the export income for this country, the economic circumstances are that the revenue streams to our companies have significantly reduced and the numbers come in, the Treasurer stands up and is totally up-front and honest with the Australian public, and those opposite demand the resignation of the government. (Time expired)