Great Moments in Politics

"The Hero vs The Zero"
Victorian Legislative Assembly, Melbourne
October 28th, 1993 (Those were the days...)

Mr BRUMBY (Leader of the Opposition) -- I refer the Premier to his comments in the House last week when he said that he has not been involved in the running of KNF Advertising since 1981. Is it not a fact that when the Premier was Leader of the Opposition he would ask his government driver to collect art work and bromides for KNF Advertising clients from the Burwood KNF office, have the material brought to Parliament House where he would personally check it, ask the government driver to deliver it to KNF clients and then bill the clients for the costs, including transport costs?

Mr KENNETT (Premier) -- The answer is absolutely no! Say that outside the House. The Leader of the Opposition is the most gutless politician I have ever known!

Honourable members interjecting.

The SPEAKER -- Order! The House will come to order.

Mr KENNETT -- That is like my saying in this place that I know the Leader of the Opposition sleeps with boys! Do you? Do you?

Honourable members interjecting.

The SPEAKER -- Order!

Whoops! He probably didn't mean to put it quite that way.... We all know what he should have done - yep that's right, claimed to have slept with Brumby's mother.