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

Mr Speaker, I always welcome questions from the member for Murray because she has been such a consistent participant in this debate, has she not, member for Kooyong? She has been so consistent in her principles on this matter, hasn’t she, member for Kooyong? She has never changed her position on these matters, has she, member for Kooyong? No, not once: not last year, not when she said in response to the government’s policies on the abolition of the Pacific Solution, ‘Do you support this, member for Murray? ‘I do, I do, I do.’ But suddenly, roll the clock on 12 months, a few things then beckon: (1) the challenge to her position on the frontbench against the contingency that the Leader of the Opposition may no longer be with us—

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