Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition is yelling out and has on the media said, ‘Why don’t you split the bill?’ There is a quick answer to that, and perhaps the shadow Treasurer might like to listen to it: splitting the bill would cost over a billion dollars. The position that was announced by Senator Fiona Nash on Sky News, splitting the bill, would cost more than a billion dollars. That is because the splitting of the bill has all the beneficial measures enacted but has none of the savings measures enacted.

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