Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I am being directly relevant to the question. I was asked about views which have been expressed, because views have been expressed in this House by the Leader of the Opposition that they are concerned about the cost of living. Now we hear they want to rip that cost of living out, and we have had the most extraordinary article today in the Sydney Morning Herald by Lenore Taylor and Phillip Coorey where they get the yarn where they were in fact instructed in the shadow cabinet not to tell anybody they had taken a decision to rip out household assistance, should it be provided. These double standards are absolutely extraordinary. But poor old Joe let the cat out of the bag. The coffee was barely warm in the shadow cabinet before he got on the agenda and told the truth.

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