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

On cue, the member for Brian Burke comes in. On cue, he comes in to claim credit for the Job Network. When we go back through all of the economic reforms that this government has introduced, including the Job Network, including Work for the Dole, including monetary policy, including industrial relations, including tax reform, including tax cuts, including company tax, the Australian Labor Party voted against all of them. There is no trick in politics in being wise in hindsight, seeing in hindsight what needed to be done. The trick in Australian politics is knowing what has to be done prospectively. That is where the coalition has led all the way, and that is where the Labor Party has lagged all the way.

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