Joel Fitzgibbon (Hunter, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to talk about the disproportionate impact of the Abbott government's first budget on rural Australia.

When you put fuel taxes up it hits rural Australia hardest. When you put a GP tax on, it hits rural Australia harder. When you cut hospital funding to the states, it will first hit rural hospitals. When you cut university funding it will hit regional universities hardest.

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