Gavin Marshall (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise tonight to set the record straight. A matter has been raised in the House of Representatives which needs to be corrected. The matter I refer to is the ignorant, ill-informed and hypocritical commentary made by the Treasurer, Peter Costello. In the last sitting week, he made statements attacking Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for President Chavez’s description of George W Bush as a madman and the devil.