House debates Questions without Notice

Advertising Campaigns

Monday, 28 May 2007 House of Representatives

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:55 pm

My question again is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm whether or not the theme of his non-existent taxpayer funded television advertising campaign on climate change is entitled ‘Climate Clever’? Given that the Prime Minister and his government are self-confessed climate change sceptics, isn’t this campaign just a little too clever by half?

John Howard

John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

I can assure the Leader of the Opposition that it will not be called ‘double standards’ out of hypocrisy. I can certainly inform him that, beyond that, I do not have anything to add to the previous answers that I have given.