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

Can I just say to the member for Lalor, who is trying to establish that my Treasurer and my finance minister have been incompetent, that they are fellows who have presided over a golden age of economic growth in Australia. To say that they are incompetent—you really should take a reality check. That is what the member for Lalor should do. But it is worse. I think the member for Lalor has misrepresented the position.

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