Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. On the night before the last election, the Prime Minister promised:

No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change to pensions, no change to the GST and no cuts to the ABC or SBS.

Is the Prime Minister regarded as: 'box office poison' in Victoria because he is breaking every single one of these promises?

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister will ignore the last part of the question and address only the first part.

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

I do not accept the premise of the question. What we said before the election was that we would scrap the carbon tax, we would stop the boats, we would build the roads of the 21st century and we would get the budget back under control, and that is exactly what this government is doing. This is a government which has fundamentally kept faith with the Australian people. We are doing what the people elected us to do, which is to deliver the policies and make the tough decisions that this country needed.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister has finished his answer.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If the Prime Minister believes that that was a misquote there are other forums of the House he should use.

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

There is no point of order. The member will resume his seat.