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

Shock! Horror! The Deputy Leader of the Opposition has discovered that some people will be impacted by budget decisions. Of course some people will be impacted by budget decisions. We could not go on as a nation giving people borrowed money that our nation cannot afford and that the government cannot sustain. Because of the pseudogenerosity of members opposite, this country was in an absolutely unsustainable situation—

Ms Macklin interjecting—

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