George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Ketter, at last—a policy question! I can always rely upon you, Senator Ketter, as a good Villanova man, to ask a decent question—unlike your colleagues. You are certainly a class above most of those who sit beside you!

I am advised by Senator Cormann that when the Treasurer made the remarks, which I myself have not seen, to which you have referred, he was merely echoing the remarks of the Governor of the Reserve Bank. But since you have raised the broader question of economic policy, it gives me the opportunity—