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

Members opposite cut $3.8 billion out of education in last year's MYEFO; they cut $1.6 billion out of public hospitals in last year's MYEFO and in the PEFO that we got before the election, no one—

Opposition members interjecting—

The Leader of the Opposition himself signed off on a $1.2 billion cut in school funding.

Opposition members interjecting—

I hear members opposite bellowing and carrying on. We had the shadow Treasurer and we had the member for Adelaide admit in the media, over the last couple of days, that that is exactly what the Leader of the Opposition did. He ripped $1.2 billion off the vulnerable school students and schools of Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. We are putting it back. We are not just keeping our commitments, we are more than keeping our commitments.

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