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

I think the Prime Minister was being a little bit modest in his original answer when he said this is the best budget for small business, because I think it is the best budget for Northern Australia as well. It is a budget that helps to facilitate the opportunities for the opening up of the great north—the great north that many people have talked about. In fact, now that I think about it, I remember Kevin Rudd going up to Northern Australia during the last election campaign and proclaiming that he was going to make the whole of Northern Australia tax-free. We do not forget Kevin Rudd over here, and, from what I hear of the upcoming ABC political series, Kevin Rudd does not forget Bill Shorten either. That is what I gleaned last night in the green room at Q&Athis is going to be a very interesting series about the Labor Party!

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