Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Again, under our government, we work to deliver stronger growth, more jobs and a stronger budget position to ensure that we can afford to pay for the very important and essential services that Australians expect. Labor, on the other hand, lost complete control of the budget. And do you know what happened? This is our message to the Australian people, and it will be our message to the Australian people every single day between now and the next election, in May next year: whenever Labor run out of money here in Canberra, they'll come after your money, with $200 billion in higher taxes, which will hurt the economy and which will lead to lower growth, fewer jobs, higher unemployment and less revenue for government. The message to the Australian people is that under Labor you will earn less and you will pay more, and the government will be in a mess again.