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

and the Northern Territory have increased their skilled migrant intake by 70 per cent, 50 per cent and 30 per cent respectively. What these figures demonstrate is the truth of the statement often made by my colleague the Treasurer: hypocrisy. Labor, thy name is hypocrisy. They have been up to their armpits, bringing people in under these 457 visas, but all the while at a state and provincial level, as if they were some other organisation, Labor governments have been busily taking advantage. That is fundamentally a common-sense proposition. I also remind the Leader of the Opposition of something he said when he was addressing—

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