Craig Emerson (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Competitiveness) Share this | Hansard source

was a path to recession. On budget policy and on surpluses, we will always put the interests of the working men and women of Australia first. We have done that before and we will do it again because this is a Labor government that believes in the working men and women of this country and not the reckless and highly irresponsible policies that the coalition has always invoked.

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