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

I think most Australians would have agreed in 2005 that the Prime Minister was in a position to win the next election in 2005. I think probably the person who would have agreed with him most is the Leader of the Opposition himself, because he was at that time doing everything he could to get rid of the then Leader of the Opposition, the member for Brand, on the grounds that the member for Brand could never win an election. So if I have a sin, it is to have agreed with the Leader of the Opposition.

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