Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Why is the Reserve Bank governor getting a serve from the Leader of the Opposition?’ Mr Speaker, you might think it was Ian Macfarlane, the Reserve Bank governor. But, blow me down, it was not; it was the industry minister that was in the paper.

As the Prime Minister said, whenever you see a statement from John Howard from now on, make sure it is not from John Howard the actor—because he could be attacking John Howard the actor. There are some people that get up and read newspapers on Saturday morning; there are other people that go out and share their ignorance—

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