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

The Leader of the National Party will be aware that from this dispatch box in the past I have said precisely that. I take responsibility for the future direction of this economy. I am responsible for the good news. I am responsible for the bad news. I take responsibility for the lot. That is what leadership is about, as opposed to the poor substitute we see opposite.

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