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

(—) (): As I was saying, the member for North Sydney spent $31.8 million on media placement for Work Choices alone over just three weeks in October 2005. For the fifth year in a row, the government has spent over $100 million less than the $254 million that was the Howard government's advertising spend in 2007. We will continue to spend significantly less than the Liberal-National coalition. When those opposite stand up they do not have any credibility whatsoever. You just have to think back to the outrageous misuse and abuse of taxpayers' funds that the Work Choices campaign represented. Do not just sit there and snigger, Senator Sinodinos. I know you had left the building by then, but— (Time expired)