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

The Leader of the Opposition has been running around the country preaching doom and gloom—all of it is wrong. All of the material about its impacts is out there in our modelling and it is confirmed by decisions that are taken by regulators—for example, the electricity regulators. All of the rest of it is simply exaggerated hype and a political scare campaign. The Leader of the Opposition thinks that he can somehow get to government by not having any policies, just by running a fear campaign. The fact is, running a fear campaign will not be enough for the Leader of the Opposition, because the public are onto him. He is the most aggro, aggressive, political person in this country. It is turning off the Australian electorate—

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