Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

But implicit in the shadow finance minister's question was yet again another rubbishing of professional Treasury officials. Every time things do not go their way in the debate, what do they do? They go out and can the bureaucracy, the very people who provided professional advice to them, advice which they accepted in office for almost a dozen years. We will never do that. We will behave responsibly. You can go back to your wrecking style in this House. I will tell you what, it is not appreciated by the Australian people. Just saying no is not a policy. The Leader of the Opposition is all opposition and no leadership. There is no substance, just all bluff and bluster.

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