John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I mean amongst your colleagues. I respect the lady very much, Mr Speaker—she is a hardworking member and I mean no offence to her. But I have long adopted the very wise practice, when members of the opposition get up and say, ‘You said this 10 or 20 years ago’ or ‘15 months ago’ or ‘15 days ago,’ and I take the normal human precaution, of having a look at the transcript before I accept what is put to me by the opposition. I intend to do that again on this occasion, much as I respect and like the member who asked me the question.

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