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

This government does not just talk about delivering a budget; we actually take the difficult but necessary decisions that are necessary to make it happen. Labor said it had happened, and it never did. We are actually taking the difficult but necessary decisions to give Australia the budget surplus that members promised but were never actually able to deliver.

Ms Butler interjecting—

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