Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Treasurer’s comments on 6 May when he was asked if he could guarantee that a Costello government would not repeal or water down the fairness test the Prime Minister introduced. To that question, the Treasurer replied: ‘Well, I’m not going to speculate on what might happen after the election.’ Prime Minister, given that your Treasurer and deputy leader would not guarantee this week’s changes to your Work Choices laws, the last until after the election, why should any Australian believe that they will last?

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