John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is quite obvious that the Leader of the Opposition did not listen to the last answer I gave. I actually announced something. I did not announce the establishment of ‘Infrastructure Australia’. I did not announce the establishment of a ‘National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’. Can I say to the Leader of the Opposition that spin and process is no substitute for substance.

I have done a little bit of homework and I have gone through some of these lists. Every time the Leader of the Opposition opens his mouth he establishes a new committee or a new inquiry. We have got, for example, the new ‘Department of Homeland Security’; we have got the new ‘Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research’; we have got the new ‘Minister for Housing and Urban Development’; we have got ‘Coast Guard’; we have got ‘FairWork Australia’—

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