Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
3:03 pm
I would like to associate the opposition with the remarks of the Minister for Justice. The parliament's member for McEwen, in fact, is not here because the areas very close to where he lives have been subject to these fires. The opposition wishes to record its ongoing gratitude to the CFA and emergency services and for the work of public servants at the council, state and national level for what they do.
My question is to the Prime Minister. In the light of the last answer about SPC, can the Prime Minister explain the difference between his government's treatment of SPC on the one hand and Cadbury on the other?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
3:04 pm
Well, they are totally different circumstances. One—
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Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
if I may say so—
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Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
One, if I may say so, was a request for business welfare; the other, if I may say so, was a local tourism infrastructure grant.