Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, the hypocrisy on the other side of the chamber is extraordinary. This government is reversing spending by the previous government which was introduced as a result of their extreme Work Choices laws. When the Howard government came to power it slashed the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s budget by 40 per cent and cut a third of its workforce. I am advised the Work Choices funding was the only new funding provided to HREOC—the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission—by the Howard government. You have no credibility on this issue whatsoever. (Time expired)