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

I would suggest that those opposite actually read the transcript. He gets asked once; he gets asked twice; he gets asked a third time. This one big tax—this $120 billion—he says is a direct impost on taxpayers and consumers. Three times he was asked this question. The question as it was put was:

The total churn, as you put it, does not mean that individuals will foot that bill, does it.

And he agrees with the proposition. I can just say to the Leader of the Opposition: it is transparent out of his own mouth that he accepts the proposition that this, in fact, is something quite different. So let us go to the actual essence of his proposition.

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