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

As to the claim that members of the opposite have been making, I am quoting from the executive director of surface transport policy, Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development, who said yesterday:

I did not say to Mr Milby that he should sack his crew and that he should reflag his vessel.

This is a direct denial from the relevant official against the relevant claim made by members opposite, so members opposite should just stop verballing people. They should finally tell the truth. Tell the truth, stop verballing people, and agree to our changes which will restore efficiency and employment in the Australian coastal shipping trade.

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