George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I have not heard that but it would be a great compliment to both men to be compared to one another because they are both fine Australians and both very successful Treasurers, certainly more successful as Treasurers than any the revolving door of Treasurers that occupied that portfolio during the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years. The fact is that what Mr Morrison is doing and what Mr Hockey embarked on doing during his years as Treasurer is to return the budget to balance. Might I remind you that when Mr Hockey became the Treasurer at the 2013 election, he inherited the worst set of public accounts that any incoming Treasurer in a new government has inherited in Australian history, the very worst. And first under Mr Hockey and now under Mr Morrison, the coalition government is determined to do what Labor failed to do.