Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the member for Hotham back again—the sound effects man. How we would have missed him if Senator Conroy, Mr Shorten and Mr Pakula—Mr Peculiar—had had their way and run him out of Hotham. It was not just Mr Peculiar, either: the Leader of the Opposition, the running dog of the roosters, if he had his way would have rubbed him out in Hotham as well. Anyway, I get distracted. Let me get back to GST. GST is distributed between the states in accordance—

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