Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

When we were last in government and I was the Minister for Human Services I had responsibility for Australian Hearing. I know it does an outstanding job, in particular in relation to research. It was the coalition government that significantly increased funding for Australian Hearing. So I can tell you that there is no doubt that we have been more supportive of hearing-impaired Australians than almost any other government at any time. And for the Leader of the Opposition to come in here and use that family, which is obviously doing it incredibly tough, as some sort of pointscoring, competition fodder, is just a disgrace.

Dr Chalmers interjecting—

Mr Brendan O'Connor interjecting—

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