Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Well, who was in government in 1999? I would remind members of the House that the coalition was in government in 1999. It is fascinating that the coalition regarded this as a perfectly reasonable position in 1999 but in opposition, opportunistically, they are seeking another course of action. It is again a situation where they did not practise what they now preach. I just want to share with the minister a statement—

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