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

I would make the point that I have made before: this is an economy that is in a period of change because of what is occurring in the global economy, but it is an economy that is performing very well. We have strong growth, we have low unemployment, we have contained inflation and we have falling interest rates. It is always easy to put off reforms, but it is no longer appropriate and there is no longer a reason for us to continue to put off— (Time expired)