Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

also put by this man, who lacks the courage ever to become Prime Minister—only courage enough to whisper innuendo about his Prime Minister when the Prime Minister is not here. What we have here is the Prime Minister advancing a conspiracy theory which collapses in a heap. The journalist in question, Laurie Oakes, one of the most respected figures in the gallery, came to me yesterday morning before we went anywhere near Queanbeyan and put to me the specific propositions. The conspiracy theory collapses in a heap.

The second point is that other media outlets later in the day also contacted by my office confirmed that the same story was being shopped around—a remarkable coincidence, it seems. And again we have the Leader of the House refusing—

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