Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

What tonight's budget will confirm is that we are on a path to regaining the sort of responsible budgeting that this country enjoyed for many decades until the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd government—and the Whitlam government—destroyed that general record. Tonight's budget will be one that sets us on a path to ensuring future security, especially for the next generation. I do not know how those on the other side can sleep or somehow say to the next generation that we are not responsible economic managers. Indeed, we are putting in place the building blocks to ensure the future of our country.