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

Thank you, Mr President. I would make the point that this government has significantly reduced spending on advertising over the last few years. We have established more transparent and formal reporting arrangements. Advertising campaigns over $250,000 are independently reviewed, properly targeted and non-political. Campaign expenditures are also published and supplier lists are public. These are new procedures which enable the public to have access to information to see how their taxpayer dollars are spent. So, when those across from us in this chamber lecture people about advertising, let’s just remember the $120 million spent on telling working people why taking away their conditions was such a good thing.