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

the equivalent of $25,000 of government debt for every man, every woman and every child in Australia. As a result of Labor's actions, a child born in 10 years time would start life with a $25,000 debt up-front. That is why we are getting on with the job of fixing the mess that the Labor Party left, getting the budget back to a credible surplus, ensuring that the government lives within its means and ensuring that business can have the confidence to get out there and employ more Australians. That is one of the reasons why this year under the coalition job creation in Australia has been running at five times the rate it was under Labor in their last year of government. We are about jobs. We are about prosperity. We are about fixing up Labor's mess.

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