House debates Questions without Notice

Economy

Thursday, 16 October 2008 House of Representatives

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

2:06 pm

I find it remarkable that the alternative Prime Minister of Australia says that growth in the Chinese economy is irrelevant to the future growth prospects of the Australian economy. I think it reflects a level of illiteracy about the impacts of growth in the global economy and in one of Australia’s most significant export partners and the most significant demand element out there in the global economy at present. And with one brush of the hand he says, ‘China is not relevant.’ He assumes therefore—

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