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

That is a good thing, and that will only ever get a tick from me. That is a good thing. I simply believe that, at the same time as those mining companies are creating those jobs and prosperity, they should pay their fair share of tax. I know that that is an offensive proposition to the Leader of the Opposition. He thinks that Australian families should give up increased family payments. He believes that working people should give up superannuation. He believes that mining companies should give up infrastructure so that those mining magnates can pay less tax. That is the political divide in this parliament—whether you believe in opportunity for all coming out of the resources boom or whether you believe in serving the—

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