House debates Questions without Notice: Additional Answers

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Tuesday, 18 March 2014 House of Representatives

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

3:09 pm

While I am on my feet, could I add to an answer that I gave earlier today. In an answer earlier today I said that the Leader of the Opposition must have been out to lunch when the coalition said that we would scrap the income support bonus. I did the Leader of the Opposition a disservice. I am sorry about that. I really did do him a disservice, because the Labor Party knew all about our policy to scrap the income support bonus, because they were trying to scare people about it before the election. I am quoting from this document from Australian Labor:

Labor is assisting families and pensioners through measures such as the SchoolKids Bonus, the Income Support Bonus … These are all measures that Tony Abbott … will cut should he be elected.

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Honourable Members:

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Mrs Bronwyn Bishop

Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker

The Prime Minister has the call. Members will desist.

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

Labor's latest scare campaign is absolutely and utterly fraudulent.