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

He is so jolly! He did not enjoy last week much, I tell you, Madam Speaker. The great thing about this budget is that it is a budget which is creating confidence right now. It is a budget which is boosting jobs right now. This is a government which wants people to move out of welfare and into work. That is what we want. Members opposite want nothing more than to see people trapped on welfare, because then they are dependent on government. That is what the big-government people opposite want. They want to see more people as clients of government.

Mr Champion interjecting—

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