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

billed $13 billion worth of spending against a tax which has raised just $300 million this year. Members of the veterans community understand that if you want to defend our country, if you want to do the right thing by veterans, you have got to have a strong economy, you have got to have a strong budget, and that is what this government is determined to deliver.

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