Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

There is less money. There is money being taken out of funding for the negotiation of FTAs with both China and Japan. We know this is a government that backs away from commitments that it lays down. We have seen that in terms of the commitments it gave the electorate on petrol and we have seen it in terms of the commitment it gave on groceries. We see it continually. We also see continually that this government enjoys sending large groups of ministers overseas on the basis that it can then come home and—

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