Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Can I ask those opposite to put their hands up if they would like any of those grants to be handed back? Can I ask those opposite to put their hands up if a trades training centre were to be put into one of your schools in the period ahead and you would like those grants to be handed back? I use those as practical examples for those opposite. Either you can go through a cooperative strategy of dealing with the states and territories and act in a practical way on business deregulation, act in a practical way to ensure that you are delivering health and hospitals programs for communities on the ground and act in a cooperative way when it comes to schools and TAFEs, or you can play the blame game. We do not intend to perpetuate that game.

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