Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Fowler for his question. I thank him for the way in which he represents the communities within his electorate in this place, and I thank him for spending some time with me last week when I had the opportunity to spend a number of days in Western Sydney, something that I very much enjoyed. Whilst in Western Sydney I had the opportunity to meet with people in all sorts of settings from all walks of life, but one meeting actually reinforced in me very strongly the importance of the government's plan for the nation's future—the importance of our focus, our relentless focus, on ensuring we create jobs and bring opportunity to Australians around the nation, including in Western Sydney.

I had the opportunity to meet with a young man called Corey Payne. He would be known to a number of Australians as a first grade NRL player—

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