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

No, that was real, that little incident there. He was the author of that policy. He is now trying to deny it. He tried to mislead the Australian public. He tried to mislead this House. He cannot blame Mr Latham. It was all his own work. It was a bad decision. It was a decision that would have made Australian families worse off. It is no surprise that he is walking away from that tax policy because the people of Australia know that Labor’s last tax policy would have left them worse off when it is the coalition that is looking after the families of Australia.

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