Lindsay Tanner (Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I think in future I will just stand up and say, ‘Executive salaries,’ and that will be enough. Thus far all we have from the opposition on this issue is silence. Silence! We know who the opposition represent. We know where they stand on these issues, but we have heard nothing but silence. It is long overdue, if they seek to play a major role in the fundamental issues that are in play internationally in the medium term as a result of the international financial crisis, that we hear something about the issue. What do they say about reining in excessive executive salaries?

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