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

I am glad the opposition have the good grace to laugh when their motivations on this matter are transparently exposed. To the member for Wentworth I would say this: before we get into any sanctimonious nonsense about freedom of speech, it was under the Howard government that two journalists—

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