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

I want to assure the member opposite that in fact Commonwealth funding to the ACT increases every single year under the budget that this government has just brought down. I do not have the figures at my fingertips, but I did look at them yesterday and, from memory, Commonwealth funding to the ACT increases by three per cent every year under this budget. In tough times like this, that is a pretty good deal.

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