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

Thank you, Mr President. For someone to suggest that the high dollar does not matter is entirely ridiculous. I would suggest that Senator Edwards go down to manufacturers in Adelaide and say, 'Guess what? High dollar don't matter! High dollar don't matter!' I am sure they would really agree with that, Senator Edwards. And how ridiculous, again: the GFC is just a glib excuse, we just made it up! We just made it up! The fact that what has happened to the US economy, what has happened to the European economies, what has happened to the global economy—no, it is just all a plot by the Australian Labor Party! You are ridiculous! (Time expired)

Honourable senators interjecting—