Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Does the Prime Minister recall making the following statement six months before an earlier election:

In a desperate attempt to find an election life raft, the Prime Minister ... is beginning an unprecedented propaganda blitz using taxpayers’ money.

Does the Prime Minister recall saying:

This soiled government is to spend a massive $14 million of taxpayers’ money over the next two months as part of its pre-election panic.

Does the Prime Minister recall saying at that time:

In any other business, the shareholders would revolt and throw out the management which wasted their money.

Does the Prime Minister recall stating:

This propaganda blitz—

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