Joseph Lyons
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"Joseph Aloysius Lyons", was an Australian politician. He was Australian Labor Party/Labor Premier of Tasmania from 1923 to 1928 and a Minister in the James Scullin government from 1929 until his resignation from the Labor Party in March 1931. He subsequently led the United Australia Party and was the List of Prime Ministers of Australia/tenth Prime Minister of Australia from January 1932 until his death.

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We need rates to go down, but this goes in the other direction.

We need rates to go down, but this goes in the other direction. Energy-intensive manufacturers are going to be hit the hardest. They're going to be paying a disproportionate share of the program costs.

That was a stunt to make somebody look bad so he could look good. I'm just tired of that. I'm just tired of this victimization of anybody who doesn't agree with him totally.