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

that you need a budget surplus for a strong economy. Not only did they not deliver it in their six years of government, and not only did they give us six record budget deficits in a row, but now that a government has been elected that is determined to fix this problem that they created, they are sabotaging it.

Ms Kate Ellis interjecting—

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