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

How could you, Paul, vote against a $950 payment to drought affected farmers? What has happened to the National Party of old standing up for people in the bush and standing up for those who are droughted—except in this case, because the politics of this overall debate do not suit them. Once again they have tapped the mat, yielded to the Liberal Party and said, ‘No, we are going to stand opposed to a payment to 21½ thousand drought affected farmers.’ Well, we on this side of the House say to you over there in cocky corner, ‘Shame, shame, shame.’

If you go to the other elements of the government’s strategy, it is not just short-term economic stimulus—

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