Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Let me bring it back to the fifth point. The fifth point is that this is a budget that accounts for the Australian government, the Turnbull government, living within its means. That's what we do—by keeping taxes under control. The Labor Party wants to put a $220 billion burden on the Australian economy. Their tax plan should have a picture of a snake eating itself from the tail—because that's what Labor's tax plans will do to our economy. We will keep taxes under our speed limit. Expenditure as a share of the economy falls to 24.7 per cent. This is a government that knows how to live within its means. The Labor Party, every time they get into office, the Australian people know they cannot be trusted with money because they cannot live within their means. This budget accounts for a plan for a stronger economy that delivers more jobs and protects the services Australians rely on. It is a budget that is receiving strong support from the Australian people for that very reason. (Time expired)

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