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

I am very happy to have a discussion about what is happening in the economy and to respond to Senator Brandis, because I think the thing that he will always fail to understand is this, that responsible governments have to deal with the economic circumstances that they are presented with. He might like to get up and make a joke out of these issues. He might like to get up and pretend the global financial crisis—

Senator Brandis interjecting—

Mate, there is a reason you are the shadow Attorney-General: they know you don't know anything about economics. That is why you have got the job you have got. It is probably why you got the question you just got. But what I would say is this: responsible governments have to deal with the economic—

Honourable senators interjecting—