House debates Bills
Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2013-2014; Consideration in Detail
Michael McCormack Riverina, National Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance
6:38 pm
It is all well and good for the Manager of Opposition Business to come in here and point the finger and say that we should admit our mistakes. Sure, a mistake has been made, and I have come into the House and I have said that a mistake has been made. But, irrespective of who made that mistake, I would just like an admission from those opposite on the fact that for six years they made relentless mistakes—endless mistakes. And he claims that $1 billion has been lost in this process. Well, $1 billion has not been exactly lost. We are amending Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2013-2014 on a technicality. But if we are talking about billions of dollars being lost, why is this nation facing $123 billion worth of deficits? This is $123 billion in deficits that has been lost, not to mention the $667 billion lost—lost—by Labor, going forward, if left unchecked by this side. But we will correct that, won't we, Member for Fadden?
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