Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

If they wanted to have a debate about taxes they could have asked the finance minister about a statement he made 15 years ago. Four years ago the Leader of the Opposition had a lot to say about taxation. In fact, he put forward something like 280 separate proposals. They were not ones that impressed the then Treasurer, who had a few choice words to say about the Leader of the Opposition—but we will come back to that.

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