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

No such decision has been made by me or, to my knowledge, by the government. But I do reserve the right to engage in a public information campaign in relation to these matters. I do reserve that right. I know the Leader of the Opposition and his colleagues have been talking a lot about government advertising. I think it is legitimate to inform the Australian public of changes to the law. I defend the IR campaign. It is not a political campaign. I defend the superannuation campaign. And I defend the campaign in relation to private health insurance. All of those campaigns are in relation to changes to the law and I think the Australian public are entitled to know what those changes are.

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