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

by all people who are suffering, including people who are suffering the dreadful diseases that come from exposure to asbestos.

Without wanting to, as it were, blow my own trumpet, when I was the health minister I did establish a national research centre for research into this terrible disease. So I simply say to the Leader of the Opposition: before he gets into the politics of smear, check the facts.

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