House debates Questions without Notice
Liberal Party: Leadership
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House
2:57 pm
My question is again to the Prime Minister, and I again ask the question that he refused to answer previously. Will the Prime Minister confirm that part of the Liberal Party’s current political fix is an agreement that he make a public statement that, if he wins the next election—
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House
he will retire during the next term?
John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
I would have thought the answer that I gave was clear. For the benefit of the member for Grayndler, the answer is no, and I was contrasting our candour with the deceit and lies of my two predecessors.