Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

We have still got to have a succession of budgets that turn around the cycle of deficits which Labor delivered—the five biggest deficits in our country's history. Our debt continues to rise, already costing us $1 billion a month in interest, and, if left unchecked, would peak at $667 billion. So we have got a long, hard task ahead of us. We needed a budget at this time that demonstrated to the community that we were prepared to take the tough decisions—

Ms Macklin interjecting—

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