Lindsay Tanner (Melbourne, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

It is time that the Leader of the Opposition took a stand on this matter. It is time that the opposition leader either stands up and substantiates the claims that the Treasury has cooked the books or he withdraws them on behalf of the opposition and apologises to the Secretary of the Treasury. Those are his choices: he either puts up or backs down.

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