John Murphy (Lowe, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I did make the call here, back in December. I said during the valedictory speech that I think the election will be held on 13 October, and he said, ‘Yes, you’ve heard it first from the member for Lowe.’ He said, ‘There you are, it’s the’—and I said, ‘Are you ruling it out?’ and he did not rule it out.

I am very pleased to see that the Prime Minister has come into the chamber now, and I invite him to tell the House. We all want to know, Prime Minister, when the election is, because I suspect that straight after APEC—

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