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

Everyone knows that the budgetary position was simply unsustainable under the former government. The former government knew that the budgetary position was unsustainable; that is why they kept promising to deliver a surplus. In fact, they did not just promise to deliver a surplus; they said they had delivered a surplus when in fact in their last year the budget deficit was $48 billion. It was $48 billion in the financial year of their last budget. We are the solution, they are the problem. They are doing their best to sabotage the solution but we will not be deterred. We will not be deterred. We owe it to our children and our grandchildren to do the right thing by the future of this country—

Mr Dreyfus interjecting—

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