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

Thank you very much. When we are talking about budget figures, then I think it pays to look at the budget and the clear facts that are revealed there. I have outlined those facts to the House.

Can I take the Leader of the Opposition to these facts in another way? The Leader of the Opposition, I know, is familiar with the Australian government general government sector average staffing levels. I know he is familiar with that because he has gone to these numbers in the past. For example, in March this year in a media interview he referred to these numbers specifically and said, 'We don't need the extra 20,000 Commonwealth—

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