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

That is not what I said. The Leader of the Opposition is trickily slipping into misrepresentation. What I did say yesterday was that the drought had obviously had an impact on wetlands. I was asked a question about wetlands by somebody up there. I think it may have been the member for Melbourne Ports. He is nodding his head. I remember his question well. And I was asked a question about the national accounts. Obviously the drought has had an impact, but, if the Leader of the Opposition wants to get into a comparison of economic performance over the last 10½ years, bring it on.

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