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

Those on the other side are utterly addicted to negativity. When the country, the nation, asks for vision, what we get from those opposite is nasty personal attacks. When the nation wants policy, you can always guarantee you will get pettiness from the other side. Those on the other side have always been interested in frightening people, scaring people and dividing Australians. That is the legacy of the Howard government, and that is absolutely where the Abbott opposition are. You are always interested in division and in lowering people's sights, lowering people's aspirations.

We have a different view. We are the Labor Party and we are about ensuring opportunity, we are about ensuring a strong economy and we are about ensuring more fairness.

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