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

Under members opposite, the share of Australia's freight task carried by shipping dropped from 27 per cent to 17 per cent. That is what Labor's economic vandalism did to coastal shipping in Australia. I will tell you what else Labor's economic vandalism did to coastal shipping in Australia: it raised costs by over 60 per cent, not just destroying jobs in shipping but destroying jobs on land as well.

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