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

As I said, at that first press conference—and I quote again—the Prime Minister replied:

My priority as we look through the issues of the Government is to make sure that in every area we are working hard for Australian families, we are working hard for those Australians who work hard themselves; who set the alarm clock early, who get up in the morning, get the kids to school and go to work and work hard. I want to make sure that we are working with them.

As I was saying earlier, we have delivered a AAA credit rating. We have saved 200,000 jobs through the global financial crisis, and the Labor government is proud of its record of six years of achievement. The Prime Minister is getting on with the job; keeping our economy strong; spreading jobs, opportunity and fairness; and helping modern families—