Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Of course I do not agree with the description by the Leader of the Australian Greens of some of the changes that have been suggested for tomorrow night's budget. I say to the Leader of the Australian Greens: 'Watch this space. Let us see what happens tomorrow night.' The leader may well change his tune in relation to some of these matters.

Having said that, I say to the Australian Greens that the most important choice we have with this budget and in future budgets is intergenerational accountability and responsibility. We want to ensure that we look after the next generation without burdening them with a legacy of deficit and debt, which the Labor-Green government inflicted on the Australian people and would have inflicted on the next generation had we not taken the sort of action that we had to take. (Time expired)