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

We are doing the right thing by the pensioners of Australia because we have scrapped the carbon tax and kept the carbon tax compensation. The only one who wants to slug the pensioners of Australia is the Leader of the Opposition and those members sitting behind him, because they want to bring the carbon tax back.

That is what they want to do. They want to bring back the carbon tax to slug the pensioners of Australia. By contrast, we have scrapped the carbon tax and we have kept the carbon tax compensation, which means that every pensioner is significantly better off.

I just want to remind the Leader of the Opposition that what this government is trying to do is to build a strong and prosperous economy for a safe and secure Australia, and if we want a strong economy we have to have a budget surplus.

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