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

And, of course, we will rebuild Victoria too. The House would recall that the government’s plan was met by the politics of fear. The government’s plan was met by a scare campaign led by the Leader of the Opposition. That scare campaign is silent now. What we should learn from that example is that, ultimately, the Leader of the Opposition’s carbon pricing scare campaign will fall silent too—indeed, there is some evidence it has already fallen silent today—because fear cannot stand up against facts, and we will be there explaining the facts.

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