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

and it does not jeopardise key relationships with our important neighbours. The only problem this good government has had is in the Senate where the former members of a bad government are sabotaging the solutions to the problems that they created. That is what is happening.

This government said it would scrap the carbon tax. The carbon tax is gone—$550 a year in the pockets of the average household. This government said it would stop the boats. The boats have stopped. As a result, hundreds of people are no longer dying at sea. This government said it would build the roads, and they are building. This government said it would repair the budget. Already, $16 billion worth of budget repair has passed the Senate. This is a good government. Look over the aisle, Madam Speaker, and you see the former members of the worst government in Australia's history. They have learnt nothing and they cannot change. That is their problem and that is why they will never be back on this side of the chamber.

Mr Husic interjecting—

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