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

No, this is a very important question. Are those opposite saying they do not trust the words of the Secretary of the Treasury? We on this side of the House do. The government has great trust in the Secretary of the Treasury—it is a high public office of the Commonwealth. If I as Prime Minister turn around to the Secretary of the Treasury and say, ‘Is this course of action’—

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