Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Yesterday he made a monumental gaffe in this parliament where he suggested the Secretary of the Treasury should be sacked. That is what he said. What was that all about? That was all about the Treasury secretary supporting a comprehensive guarantee for bank deposits. But, of course, it does not agree with what he wants to do, so he is out there bagging the Treasury secretary. That is what he is doing—and he has not been man enough to come into the House and to apologise—because the Treasury secretary has supported a comprehensive guarantee which he does not support.

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