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

Fair dinkum, it’s entertaining! This is the ‘shareholder minister’ who presided over the Trujillo regime, whose almost-first announcement was the intention to sack 10,000 workers and then proceeded to do it. The shadow minister comes into this chamber and cries crocodile tears, trying to create a fear campaign. Well, Senator Minchin, you have 10,000 Telstra workers unemployed because of your regime, 10,000 workers who no longer work for Telstra because you stood there and encouraged and then thanked Mr Trujillo when he left the country. (Time expired)