" Thats putting several thousand dollars extra into the family budget," he said. The Prime Minister tried to reassure voters on industrial relations, one of the key topics of the election  saying that despite his Workchoices legislation being controversial it has largely achieved what the government aimed it to do. "Our whole design with WorkChoices was to underpin further growth in the Australian economy. It wasn't easy. It was heavily criticised, but the general evidence is WorkChoices has been good for the Australian economy," said the Prime Minister. Mt Howard also ruled out making further changes to Australia's industrial relations system saying that the government had "gone far enough". The leaders debated over who the genuine economic conservative  . Mr Howard said that Mr Rudd's voting record in parliament seemed to contradict his claim. The Prime Minister warned that a Labor government would run budget deficits. "Being an economic conservative is more than a slogan in a TV advertisement, it is believing in things," he said. Mr Howard dismissed his record attacking Labor's record of interest rates in the 1980s under Bob Hawke  "There is one interest rate figure that is seared in the memory of most Australian families  the level of 17 per cent," he said. The Prime Minister attacked the opposition 's front bench saying that there were far too many former union members. Mr Rudd hit back by saying that Mr Howard's frontbench was disproportionate in its make up. "If something's out of whack in terms of an unrepresentative group in the community, a cocktail of lawyers and former Liberal Party staffers would have to be high up the list," he said.
" That's putting several thousand dollars extra into the family budget," he said. The Prime Minister tried to reassure voters on industrial relations, one of the key topics of the election , saying that despite his WorkChoices legislation being controversial it has largely achieved what the government aimed it to do. "Our whole design with WorkChoices was to underpin further growth in the Australian economy. It wasn't easy. It was heavily criticised, but the general evidence is WorkChoices has been good for the Australian economy," said the Prime Minister. Mr Howard also ruled out making further changes to Australia's industrial relations system saying that the government had "gone far enough". The leaders debated over who the genuine economic conservative was . Mr Howard said that Mr Rudd's voting record in parliament seemed to contradict his claim. The Prime Minister warned that a Labor government would run budget deficits. "Being an economic conservative is more than a slogan in a TV advertisement, it is believing in things," he said. Mr Howard dismissed his record attacking Labor's record of interest rates in the 1980s under Bob Hawke . "There is one interest rate figure that is seared in the memory of most Australian families - the level of 17 per cent," he said. The Prime Minister attacked the Opposition 's front bench saying that there were far too many former union members. Mr Rudd hit back by saying that Mr Howard's frontbench was disproportionate in its make up. "If something's out of whack in terms of an unrepresentative group in the community, a cocktail of lawyers and former Liberal Party staffers would have to be high up the list," he said.
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