Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I note the minister's refusal to stand by the Prime Minister's promise. I ask him: does the Prime Minister stand by this previous statement from the Prime Minister, 'It is an absolute principle of democracy that governments should not and must not say one thing before an election and do the opposite afterwards.'?