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

But for the debt and deficit that members opposite created, there would be $1 billion every single month in debt interest that this government would not have to pay. We could build a new tertiary teaching hospital in New South Wales every single month with the debt interest that members opposite saddled us with. What is Labor's plan for New South Wales? It is more taxes, more traffic lights and more congestion. If people want a decent New South Wales, there is only one thing to do: don't go back to the Labor Party, you know what that means. Labor in New South Wales was the worst government since the Rum Rebellion and we do not want them back.

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