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

I am nearly to the end. I have gone through the four denials and I am up to the fifth. Let me give you the last one:

Question: But you sang songs before about your opposition to US bases on Australian soil. Have your views changed?

Answer: My views are clear and have been clear since I came into the parliament. I am here as a member of the Labor Party to talk about Labor policy.

Let me make this observation: whereas the Labor Party cannot bring itself to have a position on this base at Geraldton, they do not have much trouble in getting a position on Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. They are much more interested in the latter than the former.

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