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

I was with the Queensland Premier yesterday when she conducted the official launch of the Labor Party’s campaign for the Queensland state election. I fully support the Premier’s efforts to create jobs in the Queensland economy through an infrastructure package. She stands in stark contrast to Mr Springborg, the Leader of the Opposition, whose policy is to cut 12,000 jobs in Queensland by a $1 billion reduction in outlays in the state budget. Queensland Labor is standing for what you do to support jobs in the Queensland economy; the state opposition stands for a policy of cutting another 12,000 jobs. The contrast could not be clearer.

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