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

What is happening to the ABC and the SBS is, effectively, the application of an efficiency dividend. I should point out to the member who asked the question that before the election, the Treasurer—then then the shadow Treasurer—said very publicly of the ABC, 'If there is waste, we will cut it.' He said, 'If there is waste, we will cut it.'

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