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

Alone, yes; feeling unloved, yes; and watching Lateline, as I do, to cheer myself up. I saw the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations talking about the advantages to employees of $338 a week, if they were able to get a job in the retail sector. He held up the $338. It woke me up, Mr Speaker. He is a man of great financial acumen. I waited for the response from the Australian Labor Party. We had the member for Perth, who said:

... let me just respond, first of all, by making this point. My 2c trumps his Liberal Party fistful of dollars every day of the week because it’s illusory.

The $338 is illusory! And that took my mind back—

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