Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

It teaches us that the Labor Party says one thing in opposition and does quite another thing in government. In opposition they try to get into government by misleading people. They tell us 'They are all against us.' Let me give Labor a little history lesson. It was none other than the Hawke Labor government that in 1988 sold the Commonwealth Accommodation and Catering Service, in November 1998 the Defence Services Homes Corporation loan portfolio, in 1991 the Australian Defence Force home loan franchise, in June 1991 Commonwealth housing loan assistance schemes in the ACT, in 1992 Australian Airlines, in March 1993 the first 25 per cent of Qantas, in October 1993 the Commonwealth Bank and in November 1993 the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation. At a state level, the Goss Labor government in Queensland sold Gladstone power station. (Time expired)