Julia Irwin (Fowler, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is quite obvious that the previous speaker still cannot get over the fact that those opposite lost the election. In the 107-year history of the parliament of Australia, on only two occasions has the Prime Minister of this country lost his own seat at a general election. The first of those prime ministers was Stanley Melbourne Bruce, who lost his seat at the general election in 1929. The second of those was John Winston Howard, in 2007. On both occasions the central issue—

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