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

All this Leader of the Opposition can do is play politics, play Canberra games and indulge in all this kind of silliness, when the people of Australia want a government which gets on with the job. And that is exactly what we have done. Every day since the election we have been focused on backing hardworking Australians. We have been focused on jobs, on growth and on community safety. We have been cutting taxes, we have been building roads and we have been encouraging free trade.

And just in the last week, while members opposite have been engaging in Canberra games—it is all they can do; more Canberra games from members opposite—we have been doing what the people of our country expect. We have been making our economy stronger, and there is no better proof of that—

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