Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate take note of the answers given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to questions without notice asked today relating to the proposed economic stimulus package.

In particular, I want to mention Senator Conroy’s abject failure to come to grips with how long the budget will remain in deficit as a result of this enormous package of $42 billion, and, critically, how many years Australia’s children, our children and grandchildren—