Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I only oppose stupidity. The third was by the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, who suggested I was concealing our industrial relations policy. That is palpably absurd. I suppose I must speak on it two or three times a day, and I have only stuck it on 50 billboards around the country! The fourth was the suggestion by the Minister for Health and Ageing that I supported illicit drugs. I do not support illicit drugs. I support harm minimisation, in the exactly the same way he does when he gives addicts free needles.

Finally, there was misrepresentation of my position with regard to the teaching of history. What I said was that the focus has to be on maths and trades. We have got to deal with the skills issues in this nation. Thank you very much.

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