Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, I am happy to withdraw. But let me simply quote what her spokesman said to the Courier-Mail on 29 January 2004:

A spokesman for shadow health minister Julia Gillard said states would be able to make up their own minds about injecting rooms.

“If state governments make that decision ... then we’d back them,” she said.

They support injecting rooms. So I simply make this point: you can trust the Howard government to be tough on drugs. You can trust members opposite to say they are tough on drugs but not to support the practical policies to stop drugs getting into the hands of Australian kids.

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