Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

and paid out more money than you actually received in. I wish you would apply the same principles, Member for Blair, as you did with your colleagues when you had six years on the Treasury benches.

We also recognise that it is our duty to pay down Labor's debt—not just for the parliament's sake but also for the people's sake. They are the people we serve. They are the people we represent. They are the people who work hard, earn money, pay taxes and expect us to do the job that we are paid to do. That is why we have established the Commission of Audit as the start of a conversation about the future of government spending right across the board. It is so important—right across the board. I commend the bill to the House.

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