Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I think that Senator Williams and the government are at one. It must be another split in the coalition! Clearly, those opposite me are happy to sit on their hands and do nothing but,  Senator Williams, you are prepared to be proactive like this government, and say, ‘We want those interest rate reductions, if that is what is to occur, to be fully passed on.’ Unlike those opposite, this is a government that intends to act decisively and quickly to ensure and protect Australian families, small business and the rural sector. That is why we have been prepared to act so quickly and we will continue to put pressure and expect and demand that, if there is movement today, that that is fully passed on to Australian families, small businesses and the rural sector. But, unlike many of those opposite, Senator Williams— (Time expired)