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Order! The member for Sturt is warned.

5V5 Smith, Stephen, MPMr STEPHEN SMITH—I also refer the Prime Minister to the following exchange with Laurie Oakes on the Sunday program yesterday:

LAURIE OAKES: You quote Joe de Bruyn as an authority. I mean, he said that Mrs Harris wasn’t losing $90 a week, but she would certainly lose money ... She would certainly lose money ... he said that ... those who worked across the weekend five days full time-would lose $95 a week. Everybody else would lose some money a week under the Spotlight agreement. That is pretty devastating, isn’t it?

JOHN HOWARD: … I can’t—

Order! Would the member for Perth please come to his question?

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