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

I was asked about obstacles to returning the budget to surplus and was pointing out that the biggest obstacle is the total incoherence of the opposition. The mad uncle has taken over the opposition and the member for North Sydney, who dubbed him that, has just let that happen.

I would like to conclude with a contrast—the government on the one hand and the opposition on the other. The government is early, decisive and takes action; the opposition says, ‘Do nothing.’ The government is united; the opposition divided. The government is acting in the national interest; the opposition in its own interests.

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