Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

There are no cuts to health, and every single dollar of saving in health is being reinvested—every single dollar of saving in health is being reinvested. And when it comes to public hospitals, public hospital funding increases by nine per cent this year, nine per cent next year, nine per cent the year after that and six per cent in the fourth year—a massive increase. This is why, as the Treasurer says, the states are $9 billion better off as a result of this budget. Every Australian, in the long run, is better off under this budget because if you get the budget under control—if you fix the budget—you fix the economy and that makes every single Australian better off.

If the member for Charlton is so anxious about things in the budget, and if he really wants to help the pensioners of his electorate, tell his leader to scrap the carbon tax now. Scrap the carbon tax now, and that would make every single household in the electorate of Charlton $550 a year better off.

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