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

The Leader of the Opposition asked a question about public advertising and my response to it was in the terms that I have just delivered concerning policy on the one hand and the deliberate misinformation campaign underway on the other. Second point: it raises the legitimate question as to what the policy on advertising is by those opposite. This morning the Leader of the Opposition—the ‘straight talking’ Leader of the Opposition—was asked this at the doors.

Journalist: Would you put an end to government advertising?

Abbott: I … I … I want to put an end to a Prime Minister …

This was followed by the usual spray against me:

Journalist: What about government advertising?

Abbott: Well, the issue is …

And there is another spray against the Prime Minister:

Journalist: But you’re the alternative Prime Minister, people have a right to know where you stand on government advertising, would you ban it …

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