Michael Hatton (Blaxland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Not one, not a single one. But double-digit John did achieve this: double-digit inflation and double-digit unemployment. That is a story that is not told. It is not impossible—he actually did it.

Labor made significant changes to the taxation regime. This bill, with its proposals reflecting the grand design, which should have been a goose laying very large golden eggs, has given us partridge eggs. It is an indictment of this government that they cannot think beyond tiny fractional approaches to things. Why don’t they go and have a look at the retail sales tax and really look at reducing the burdens on— (Time expired)

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