Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

We have been promised a balanced budget for 2012-13. Something magic is going to happen in that year to sweep away all of the incompetence of the past! But lately there have been a few ifs and buts, ums and ahs. Now they are only going to give it their best shot. Their best shot will miss by miles, and we all know that. If you keep lowering the bar further and further, eventually you reach absolute bottom. That is where this government's hypocrisy is at its peak.

The United States was in trouble because of arguments about its credit limit. This government has had to raise its credit limit three times since it has been in office—and there has been an award to this Treasurer!—a failure for this country and an embarrassment to this country. Awards are totally inappropriate. (Time expired)

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