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

The Leader of the Opposition is flipping and flopping between a position of principled opposition, then principled support for paid parental leave and principled opposition to any taxes on businesses that support parental leave, and then suddenly we discover those principles have gone out the back door. That one took only four weeks, Tony. Then on top of that we have his position last week. Initially, he was totally opposed to the government’s position, but then after the blowtorch was applied over the course of the weekend they may now support it. We look forward to the opposition’s support for what will be the first paid parental leave scheme in Australia’s history and one which we have implemented in two years in office after they had 12 years to act. I look forward to their support.

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