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

If we repair the budget now we will be able to protect living standards into the future on a sustainable basis. We will be able to grow a stronger economy where everyone has the opportunity to get ahead. Of course, we know that the Labor Party does not like to hear these things because they know it is true. The reason we know that it is true is because there is a precedent. We know that back in 1996—

Senator Kim Carr interjecting—