Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Greens for a question on the budget today. It seems that the other side over there is not all that interested in asking questions directly about the budget. Let me just say this. The Treasurer is of course absolutely right. We do need to do the right thing by our children and by our grandchildren. And guess what: funding our consumption today, funding our lifestyle today, funding our quality of life today, based on borrowing, on debt and deficits, forcing our children to fund the cost of our standard of living today and pay it back with interest is not doing the right thing by our children and grandchildren.