Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

Fair shake of the sauce bottle! The shadow Assistant Treasurer has now asked this question four times and I am going to answer it the same way. Can I say to the shadow Assistant Treasurer that while I am loath to point out the internal inconsistencies in his argument he leaves me with no choice. He pointed out five or six minutes ago that this discussion paper was issued on the last working day that I was the Assistant Treasurer. That is what he said, and I think he may be right but I am not 100 per cent sure—

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