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

I withdraw. The fact is that Australians want us to talk about them, their jobs, their prosperity and their family budget. It is hugely important that we address these issues, because it represents the very hope of our nation that we should be in the business of creating an economy that delivers prosperity, jobs, a better tomorrow and a better quality of life than that which we have had the privilege to have. That is our job as legislators and as a government. That is our job, and that is the responsibility of this parliament. We are going to deal with those issues in a systemic and focused way. We are determined to create an economy and to deliver a budget that is focused on jobs and prosperity and that is focused on security and hope. That is what we are focused on, in the Liberal and National parties. We do so having inherited $123 billion of deficits from Labor, $667 billion of debt—

Mr Marles interjecting—

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