Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

borrowing a billion every single month just to pay interest on the borrowings. That situation was simply unsustainable. The thing about the budget is that it is a contribute-and-build budget. High-income earners will pay the deficit levy. Members of parliament will face a pay freeze. Motorists will pay the fuel excise indexation. Everyone is making a contribution so that our country will be better off in the long run, and that is what we were elected to do: to get the budget back under control so that our country will be better and stronger in the long run. If the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is so concerned about the welfare of the people of Capricornia, then scrap the carbon tax. That will save every household in Capricornia $550 a year.

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