Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I was trying to respond to Senator Cormann's speech in the Committee and also to the amendment. First, I want to place on record my disappointment that Senator Cormann has persisted with the attack on the Public Service that we have seen from the opposition in the context of this bill, particularly in the House of Representatives. I say this to Senator Cormann: if he is serious about being a senior economics spokesperson I do not think it behoves him to come into this chamber and accuse the Treasury and Finance departments of being politicised.