Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

That is another example of where the opposition tries to verbal anybody who might have a different view. I was quite amazed and it is still happening now. Interjection, interjection, grievance, grievance, grievance, looking at life through a straw—that is all you can expect from the Labor Party. They are an absolutely appalling disappointment to so many people in the veterans community. What you are seeing today is another example of it—like at the Queensland congress where the opposition gets up and verbals the RSL as if they somehow endorse their proposal. The RSL said nothing of the kind, but never let honesty and integrity get in the way of a claim.

When the opposition jump up and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got this indexation sort of slippery, slimy plan that doesn’t actually start until 2008 and might amount to $30 by 2012,’ they then run around saying that there will be a big increase in income.

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