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

If the shadow Treasurer were still watching fuel, he would know that petrol prices are down 13c a litre since budget time. It is true that we have restored an old tax—the fuel excise indexation that the Labor Party put in place and which was suspended for a period of time by the former government. It is true that we have done that. What we are doing is tackling the debt and deficit disaster that members opposite left us, and that is what the public elected us to do. The public knew that this country could not continue to live beyond its means. The Australian people are smart enough to understand that governments, like businesses and households—

Mr Bowen interjecting —

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