Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I see a chortling member for Lilley over there—what a cracker! I want the member for Lilley to stay in this parliament as long as possible. That is what I want. Don't go away, Wayne! We know he is shopping his CV around every headhunter around the Southern Hemisphere but I say to the member for Lilley: don't go away—because the member for Lilley is going to be a constant reminder of the hypocrisy of Labor. He stood at this very dispatch box, beat his chest and said, 'It is outrageous, isn't it?—it is outrageous that we want to try and run a reasonable budget and the opposition over there is stopping us'. I would say to the member for Lilley: whisper in the ear of the Leader of the Opposition and explain to him that economic credibility comes from doing the hard yards.

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