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

The difficulty that this government is wrestling with is that we inherited the worst fiscal legacy in our history, thanks to members opposite, thanks to the government in which the Leader of the Opposition was a very senior member. He was the king maker and king breaker, the queen maker and queen breaker, in the former government. Thanks to the work of that government, we were headed for 10 consecutive budget deficits. And never before in Australia's history have there been 10 consecutive budget deficits. Even recovering from the depths of the 1990-91 recession—

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