Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Is that right? Yesterday—three days later—the member for North Sydney said it was heading for recession. Of course, the member for Wentworth cannot agree with himself. He has been out there criticising others for talking down the economy, and this morning on Neil Mitchell’s program he said a recession is a possibility. The member for Wentworth will say anything and do anything to get a headline because he has one job in mind—that is, the Leader of the Opposition’s job—no policy to deal with inflation and no policy to do with productivity. This is a government that is facing up to the challenges. They are a divided rabble.

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