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

One wonders how people can get up in the morning and actually have these ridiculous double standards in their head. Of course, one could conclude that the opposition is incapable of reason. But what I think is more likely than that is that, whatever the reasoning is, they will always be negative. So they do not mind on one day saying that the tax is so big it will destroy the resources industry and the next day saying the tax is too small and is not raising enough revenue. The only thing that brings this opposition together, the only point of coherence in their whole strategy, is being negative about everything, every day, every time, and making sure they are always negative about Australia's future.

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