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

We have had the largest accumulation of wealth in Australia’s history. We have had more jobs created than we have ever had before in a single year. We had Work Choices legislation—and this genius from the Socialist Left says it is all a failure. We have the other member whose last big day out, on Sunday, was on a joint bill with ‘Jihad’ Jack Thomas, down in Melbourne—the member for Wills on a joint bill with Jack Thomas. Not quite according to the script, that one. Anyway, let me go back to economic policy. We are now experiencing our ninth—

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