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

It has proved that it is utterly, completely unsuitable ever to occupy the government benches of this country.

I accept that this government has had difficulty getting some of its budget measures through the Senate. I accept that. But let us be very clear about exactly what this government has been dealing with. What this government has been dealing with is an absolute fiscal disaster created by members opposite—a fiscal nightmare of unprecedented proportions, selling this country down the river for years to come, intergenerational theft against our children and our grandchildren—and they are not man enough to own up to the problems that they have created. They are not man enough to offer to be part of the solution rather than simply part of the problem.

Let us look at what members opposite created when they were in government: $667 billion of projected debt, $123 billion of accumulated deficits—

Ms Owens interjecting—

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