Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Effectively what the Liberal Party is saying is: ‘Wait for the data to roll in in the future and then decide it is time to act’—by which time it is too late. The advice from the Treasury is that you act early, you act decisively and you act responsibly. This government has done so in order to create a buffer for economic growth for the future. What is remarkable about this intervention by the Leader of the Opposition is that it does go to a question of the character which he deploys in this economic debate—always walking two sides of the street: on one day saying that he gives this package bipartisan support and on the next day seeking to undermine it.

See this speech in context