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

The seniors of this country have seen enough of life to understand that governments, like families and businesses, just cannot keep living beyond their means, and that what this government was doing under members opposite. We were running up debt and deficit for our children and grandchildren to pay because members opposite were incapable of saying no.

Mr Burke interjecting —

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