Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

This government will make no apology for putting Australian jobs first, second and third. It has put Australian jobs first, second and third. Those on the opposite side may be willing to sacrifice Australian jobs. They may decide—

Opposition senators interjecting —

Have you decided whether you are running a bigger surplus or a smaller surplus? Have Mr Abbott and Mr Hockey sorted it out? What is the position over there? According to Mr Hockey, you are prepared to sacrifice Australian families and jobs in your pursuit of a surplus at all costs. But we are not prepared to put Australians into the unemployment queue and put families under financial pressure simply because Senator Barnaby Joyce—