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

We have a situation where, despite what has occurred globally, we have an economy that is continuing to grow, unemployment with a five in front of it and inflation in the target band, and those opposite want to pretend that everything is going down the toilet. It is just the most ridiculous position. This is from an opposition that has never once got its costings right. The economic team of the coalition have never got their costings right. Who can forget Senator Sinodinos saying that there is a lot of untidiness over there when it comes to your budget position!

Honourable senators interjecting—