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

With respect, Mr President, I do not think there was a question in that. That was the same rant, to be frank, we have heard for two years, so I am not sure how I can be directly relevant to a rant. I am not sure how I can be directly relevant to a statement that includes a number of untruths and a number of incorrect factual assertions, so if the opposition want to have a directly relevant debate I am very happy to have one, but why don't you start telling the truth? Why don't you start telling the truth and talking about the facts? But, no, you will keep going on about industries being shut down, Whyalla being wiped off the map, and the sky falling in. Australians know you are not telling the truth.