5 March 2001

Hockey Slams Australian 'Lazy' Party on Banking

The Minister today criticised the Labor Party for being too lazy to make a submission to Richard Viney's important review of banking in Australia.

This is one of the more significant public debates in Australia, and the Labor Party was nowhere to be seen.

Labor huff and puff about banking but when they have a chance to make a real contribution to the banking debate, they are too lazy to contribute.

Last year, Kim Beazley was blowing bluff outside a closed bank branch in Sydney. At the same time Richard Viney was calling for submissions on the future of banking and Labor was nowhere to be seen.

Australian consumers want fewer stunts and more policy from a policy lazy Opposition.