Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

There will be nothing of any concern to the New South Wales government associated with this review. As Mike Nahan actually went on to say in the full transcript of Hansard, because you did not quote the entire Hansard: 'The Treasurer will be providing it to the states just before he meets with the state treasurers in April.' That is a perfectly reasonable way of doing it. So I do not know what the purpose is of this question, other than to give me an opportunity to remind the people of New South Wales that if you care about New South Wales and about New South Wales's future, then vote Liberal and vote National. If you care about the state, that it represents a third of the Australian economy and you want to keep that growth in place, vote Liberal and vote National. And vote No. 1 for your Liberal or National candidate, because of the optional preferential system in that state.

Ms O'Neil interjecting—

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