Sky News Australia | Prime Minister Tony Abbott flags cuts to spending growth for health and education ABC Online Prime Minister Tony Abbott has flagged he wants to curb spending growth in health and education in the longer term. Mr Abbott promised at the election he would not make cuts to the overall health and education budgets. But in last night's speech to the ... Tony Abbott signals 'reduction in growth' in health and education spending Fed budget repair is years off: Truss Pyne rejects reports of health, education cuts |