Michael Johnson (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am happy to link this to the appropriation bills in this sense. The Howard government’s contribution to the national economy would have been very different had the Labor Party won office. The alternative Prime Minister that was put up by federal Labor at the time was the former member for Werriwa. It is important that the people of Australia know the judgment capacity of the Labor members sitting in this parliament. This goes to the very question of their judgment. That is why it is important. They put up in the former member for Werriwa someone to be Prime Minister of this country, and therefore it is very important—

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