Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

because you have stood and looked veterans in the eye and said, ‘We are going to strip your entitlements away.’ That government is ‘jack’ in my language and it is ‘jack’ in the language of our veterans. Last year, the government had the hide, the audacity, the blatant effrontery, to say to the veteran community in its 2007 election policy document, which I can only imagine now is a farcical piece of fairytale trash—and I will quote in case you are a little hard of hearing on that side—on page 5:

Labor understands the impact of rising costs of living and the importance of ensuring that entitlements do not erode in value.

Member for Dawson, are you a little hard of hearing, sir? Do I need to say it again for you?

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