Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Throughout this week we have seen one of the most scurrilous attempts by a government in this country’s history to shield itself from the truth. The Labor Party are trying to run a smokescreen of smear against the opposition because they know the Treasurer has misled the parliament. They know the Treasurer misled the parliament because he has told this House that all of the 240 car dealers who sought support under the OzCar scheme were treated the same. He told the House that the Prime Minister’s mate and benefactor, the car dealer John Grant, was treated ‘just like everybody else’. We now know that the sordid truth at the heart of this scandal is that John Grant was treated like nobody else.

In order to protect themselves from the fact that the Treasurer has misled the House we have seen a smokescreen of smear flung up against the opposition. It has as at its core two great disgraceful lies—two Labor lies.

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