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

The government has acted responsibly both on the question of guarantees to bank depositors in Australia and guarantees for the term funding arrangements of our banks operating internationally to secure lines of credit for the Australian private sector and on what has been necessary to do for the fiscal stimulus of this economy, despite the best efforts of those opposite to talk this economy down throughout the course of this year.

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