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

I will tell the member who asked the question what is unfair: starting the boats and putting the people smugglers back in business; that is unfair. And I will tell you what is fair: stopping the boats and saving all those lives at sea. I will tell you what is unfair: saddling generations yet unborn with debt and deficit; that is unfair. And what—

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