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

It passes strange that a few moments ago the Leader of the Opposition raised this issue—‘Oh, the Prime Minister and I should be debating our respective future plans for the government of the country.’ Not a bad point! I might say rhetorically in reply: why on earth therefore did the Leader of the Opposition waste a question through the mouth of the member for Jagajaga about a smear instead of asking me a question about the policy of the government?

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