House debates
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009 [No. 2]; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009 [No. 2]; Household Stimulus Package Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill (No. 2) 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill (No. 2) 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009 [No. 2]
Returned from the Senate
1:01 pm
Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source
The other important contribution to this debate and the matters that have just been returned from the Senate is as follows. When questioned this morning about the opposition’s posture on the current stimulus proposal which is before the parliament, the Manager of Opposition Business was asked, ‘Is there any prospect of a change to the opposition’s position on the stimulus package?’, and what was the answer from the Manager of Opposition Business? ‘Well, no, there isn’t.’ In other words, the predisposition to negotiate, as they stated last night, was clearly underlined again in the statement of unequivocal rejection by the Liberal Party this morning.
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