Simon Crean (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

The shadow minister asked how we came to the figure. I have explained how we came to the figure, but the question I am posing in response is: why, if the shadow minister, when he was the minister, knew that the scheme needed more money, was he not able to win that extra money in cabinet? You cannot tell me the money was not there, because the previous government spent like drunken sailors. That is why we have got an inflation problem. But why couldn’t he manage to get the money that was needed to fund better a scheme that he said he supported, that he saw the need to change but never found any money for?

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