Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

What this question indicates is that the Liberal opposition hates good news. It hates good news about the employment of Australian workers and, because it hates good news about employment, when it had the opportunity in this parliament to support Australian jobs it came in here and voted against our stimulus package—voted against the jobs of Australians. I say to the members opposite: I know that if they were in my position on this side of the chamber they would be up now, saying all of this investment was a vindication of Work Choices. That is what they would have said if they were in government today. They would have got up here and said the only reason money is being spent is because of Work Choices.

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