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

The Australian people will decide who is the next Prime Minister of this country and, in the process of deciding their future, they will decide the future of the Leader of the Opposition and my future. Let me say again: particularly a Queensland member of parliament from the Labor Party has a bit of a nerve trying to extract time-specific pledges from me, given what Peter Beattie did. Peter Beattie misled the people of Queensland. Let me remind the member for Lilley what Peter Beattie said on 15 August 2006.

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