John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I do not have any direct information on this matter to give the detailed answer sought by the Leader of the Opposition. But the ordinary principles of commonsense tell me that in the second part of his question he lapsed into the rhetoric that has been so redolent of the Labor Party’s approach to this matter. The truth is that the changes that came in on Monday are going to lead to more jobs in the Australian community, not fewer.

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