Ted O'Brien (Fairfax, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw, Mr Speaker. Let me make clear, if I can, to the House that in Longman the Labor Party are running an unashamed untruth. On the one hand they're saying, 'Look over here; there's a problem with hospital funding.' Meanwhile, what are they doing with the other hand? They're picking the pockets of the people of Longman. That's what they're doing. They are reaching their hands into the pockets of every retiree, every worker and every family, and they're taking every dollar they can. That's what the Labor Party do. They take every cent they can to feed their habit of spending—to get their fix. They are not worthy and they are not fit to serve the people of Longman, let alone to govern this country.

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