Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The claims made against the budget have gotten more and more shrill as the last 24 hours have proceeded. First of all we were warned that we should not cut taxes; and now these are tax cuts that were required for working people. We were warned that we had to invest in education; and then when we invest in the biggest build-up of education ever it is not in the right areas. We were warned that we had to have investment in road and rail; and when we have investment in road and rail it is in the wrong areas. If you want to run a $1 trillion economy, you have to get up early and you have to do some work—and that is what the member for Lilley cannot do.

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