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

I have not read that particular submission, but I am certainly aware of the views of the Salvation Army, an organisation for which I have an almost unlimited regard because of the work that it has done. One of the great things about the Salvation Army is that it is a very practical organisation. It does not hold out false hope to people, the way some other people I know do, including the Leader of the Opposition. The Leader of the Opposition is now embarking on this tactic: every time there is a price rise—be it petrol, a grocery item, rent or a mortgage payment—he says, ‘Isn’t this absolutely outrageous,’ and when he is asked, ‘What’s your solution?’ he says, ‘I don’t have one.’ There is more to public life than that kind of cheap opportunism. Of course, I regret the fact that there are many people in the Australian community—

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