House debates

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:59 pm

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

promised to stop the boats, to scrap the carbon tax, to build the roads of the 21st century and to get the budget back under control. Time and time and time again, till I was blue in the face I said that we were going to get the budget back under control. That is what the public expect from us. That is what we will do. That is what we are doing.

If members opposite wanted to deal themselves into relevance they would join us in delivering the surplus that they promised but never ever delivered. They know that a surplus is important, because the Leader of the Opposition himself, in his newsletter, kept saying a 'budget surplus for a strong economy'. But it was not just the Leader of the Opposition. We have the member for Lilley who told his people, 'Back in surplus, on time, as promised,' and on the other page he says—it says, 'Dear resident'—'and remember, I'm always here to help. There is never any issue too big or too small'. So they know it is important to get us back to a situation of surplus. That is what we are doing. If members opposite had the guts and the integrity of people like Prime Minister Hawke and Treasurer Keating they would join us to rescue the economy, by rescuing our budget.

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