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

The answer to that question is no. But, if you want some statements about contempt for the low paid and contempt for the unemployed, can I take the House back only to 6 May 1993. Flush with having deceived the Australian public in the infamous election of 1993 with a dishonest campaign against the introduction of a GST, when interviewed on The 7.30 Report, the then Minister for Employment, Education and Training had this to say—

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