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On the eve of the federal election, Tony Abbott promised there would be no cuts to key services if the Coalition was elected.
Abbott was interviewed on the SBS News at 6.30pm on Friday, September 6, 2013.
He promised: “No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no change to pensions, no change to the GST, and no cuts to the ABC or SBS.”
For the second day running, Treasurer Wayne Swan has focussed on Queensland government budget cuts and their effect on unemployment and the national economy.
At a Brisbane media conference, Swan quoted from Queensland Budget papers which itemised $3 billion worth of cuts to health funding and 2,754 full-time job losses. [Read more…]