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

I am asked about the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and its history, and the words I am reading are the most accurate rendition of the history of this matter. The member for Wentworth goes on, after recording these five positions of the Leader of the Opposition:

His—

the Leader of the Opposition’s—

only redeeming virtue in this remarkable lack of conviction is that every time he announced a new position to me he would preface it with “Mate, mate, I know I am a bit of a weather vane on this …”

For those interested in the history of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, that is it.

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