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

As I was saying, responsible governments have to deal with the economic circumstances as they find them, including when they change, and we have been up-front for some time that, despite the fact this will cause the government some political pain—we understand that—we will not be diverted in the Labor task of putting jobs and growth first, because Labor has always done that and we will not be diverted.

Honourable senators interjecting—