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

The measure that the government announced yesterday is a budget measure. We did our best to get it passed in one way and, given the unwillingness of members opposite to participate in the process of budget repair, we thought we would do it a different way. We are determined to get our budget measures passed; one way or another we are determined to get our budget measures passed.

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