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

The government has embarked on a $42 billion Nation Building and Jobs Plan because it is the right thing to do for Australia. It is a plan of action for the economy at a time of global economic recession. The alternative put forward by those opposite is to do nothing. That is where we have got to in this debate.

On the elements of the program itself, firstly, we have a $15 billion plan—

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