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

We on this side stand for households, small businesses, higher super and better infrastructure for all Australians. Let's be clear, Mr President, those opposite are on the side of the billionaire mining magnates and nothing will change in this debate. The glee that we are seeing from those opposite is desperate policy from those who are ashamed that they voted against the tax breaks for 2.7 million small businesses. They voted against boosting the retirement savings of 8.4 million working Australians. They fought to deprive Australia of much needed infrastructure in order to do the bidding of Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer. Those opposite should give this argument up, these crocodile tears— (Time expired)