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

I want to give the Leader of the Opposition the benefit of the doubt. I do want to concede that he is genuine when he asks a question like that. But, if members opposite were fair dinkum about protecting employment in this country, why has the Victorian Labor government, with the full support of the Leader of the Opposition, just crushed 7,000 jobs in Victoria by refusing to go ahead with the East West Link.

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