Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, when the Treasurer said that I did not know the cash interest rate, I in fact said ‘seven’. Secondly, the Treasurer said that I had plagiarised the Wall Street Journal. In my speech I was referring to the United States’ plans, and, in fact, the words I used were a technical explanation of US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s plan, which have been published widely. It is a shame that the Treasurer seeks to smear rather than manage the economy.

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