Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade and International Security) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade. I refer the Deputy Prime Minister to the release of the agreement that will see the Liberal Party in Queensland take over the Queensland National Party. I also refer him to reports today that he is considering stepping down from the trade portfolio in an attempt to prevent the collapse of the National Party. Deputy Prime Minister, isn’t it the truth that your political party has already collapsed, just as Australia’s trade performance has collapsed—

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