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

It goes to one question, which is: does the Leader of the Opposition have any interest in policy at all? We know that he has a big interest in politics and we know that he has a big interest in one-liners, but on health policy there has not been a question all week. His great new policy innovation, which is paid parental leave, rose one day and then disappeared without trace. Beyond that, we have the third party endorsements of his policy which have been so richly delivered by none other than Peter Costello today. He said today:

For Liberals, that alarm should have sounded like an air-raid siren once Bob Brown and the Greens lauded the scheme …

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