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

This is what he had to say when he addressed the ethnic communities breakfast on 24 July 1998. He said:

I would say the Leader of the Opposition then was speaking the truth. The great problem that the Leader of the Opposition really has is that we have the lowest unemployment rate in this country for 30 years and he cannot come to terms with it.

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