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

Hypocrisy has reared its head today. In 2007, the Howard government spent a whopping $254 million on advertising with no independent oversight. In 2012, the government spent less than half than the Howard government did in 2007 when the member for North Sydney was trying to convince Australians that Work Choices was their friend. The high-water mark for government advertising will always be the $84 million Mr Hockey spent on media placement for Work Choices alone, including $31.8 million over just three weeks in October 2005. (Time expired)