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

As I think I made it clear in answering the last question, we have not cut support for the War Memorial. A series of small travelling exhibitions are giving way to a much larger travelling exhibition that we have already funded to the tune of $10 million and that will be the centrepiece of the Centenary of Anzac commemorations. Surely, rather than complain, members opposite should be saying: 'Isn't it good that the government is continuing the plans that were put together by the Centenary of Anzac committee, which was put in place with the support of both sides of the parliament.'

The travelling exhibition that was put together by the Centenary of Anzac committee with the support of both sides of the parliament is going ahead. It will very substantially enable millions and millions of Australians right around our country, in centres big and small, to appropriately learn the history of our great—

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