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

Oh! Those opposite say ‘inquiries’. Did I hear of inquiries launched recently in the matter of climate change—one inquiry, two inquiries, three inquiries; I think we are up to six now, aren’t we? Yes, six inquiries. Any inquiry will suit those opposite rather than take a position on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. It just folds one into the other in this pathetic excuse for leadership, which is waiting for the member for Higgins to move down from the back bench to the front or for the member for North Sydney or, I understand, perhaps for the member for Bradfield’s replacement in Bradfield, who is about to make his way into this chamber. It will be an interesting four-ringed circus once that occurs. Arthur Sinodinos is apparently on his way to Canberra.

The commitment we gave to the Australian people was that we would commission through a National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission an investigation as to the best model for reform for the future.

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