Kerry O'Brien (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the motion to take note of answers relating to carbon pricing. I would not have thought that anyone from the opposition would mention, in the context of this debate, the Illawarra Mercury, which is after all famed most for its ‘Honest John’ headline, which was used to describe former Prime Minister John Howard after he was found out with this: ‘There will never, ever be a GST under my government.’