Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, was I wrong in thinking that the Leader of the Opposition was not so insensible to popular culture that he would ask a question about barnacles when clearly the reason why the ABC's allocation from government is being cut, the reason why we are saving $254 million over five years, is barnacle Bill's bill? It is Labor's bill. Labor left us with a $48½ billion deficit—it is barnacle Bill's billion dollar deficit.

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