Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Parry is quite right to identify a real threat to consumers of Labor’s secret plans to do deals and to roll back regulation. It is a bit like putting the vandals in charge of the vault. We have seen it time and time again with this Labor opposition: whatever it takes, say and do anything to get elected. I am afraid I have to say this to Senator Parry: the mantra does not change for Labor, only its leaders. I have to ask myself: when will the Labor Party come clean and tell the Australian people the real truth about its plans?