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

If the opposition genuinely thought there were anything serious at the base of all this, why wouldn't the Leader of the Opposition have the guts to get up and do it himself? We know the answer to that. The Leader of the Opposition is trying to pretend to the Australian people that he is not the person holding this bucket of mud when he most clearly is—and clearly he is doing that because he is incapable of producing a policy or plan in the nation's interest.

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