Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

That was the third contribution from our colleagues opposite that has been full of froth and bubble but, as usual for this government, with absolutely no substance. The member for Fowler has tried to say that we have not been able to produce a coherent economic strategy. Well, I give you 11 years of coherent economic strategy under the former Howard government that left you guys with $20 billion in the bank and $70 billion of net assets. And what have you done with it? Absolutely nothing. You have just frittered it away.

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