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

Predictably, the scare campaign continues with the made-up facts and figures, and the Leader of the Opposition does what he always does, which is to seek to cause fear amongst the Australian community, because he has no policies or plans for the nation’s future and he tries to hide that behind a never-ending series of fear campaigns.

Mr Speaker, do you recall the start of this parliamentary session, when the Leader of the Opposition was trying to raise fear amongst the Australian community about the government’s proposed flood levy? Day after day in question time, we came in here and questions were asked and answered about the flood levy. Fear was being raised—

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