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

Bad as the Greens are, it was not the Greens who gave us the five biggest deficits in Australian history. It was the members opposite who gave as the five biggest deficits in Australia's history. And, yes, I agree that the Greens have been economic fringe dwellers. That just means members opposite are worse than the Greens when it comes to economic vandalism.

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