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

Our plan for Qantas is to give them the same level playing field that Virgin enjoys. I am very confident that the workers of Qantas are more than capable of holding their own with the workers of Virgin if they are given a level playing field.

What we have seen from members opposite is indignation. Indignation about the fact that they lost the election, and they have not learned the lessons—that is what we have seen from members opposite. Labor causes chaos and then they complain about the clean-up. This government will clean up the fiscal mess that Labor left us. We will clean up the fiscal mess. One hundred and twenty-three billion dollars in cumulative deficits over the forward estimates—$123,000 millions, $667 billion in projected debt—

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