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

This government is serious. We have made a good start on the task of budget repair. We have made a very good start on the task of budget repair. More than three-quarters of the budget measures are now fully implemented—some $17 billion worth of fiscal improvement over the forward estimates. We have made a good start.

And the tragedy is that the Labor Party, the once-great Labor Party that used to have a long-term commitment to the economic future of this country, have completely abdicated. They have completely abdicated. What that shows is that the Leader of the Opposition has an entirely failed the ultimate test of leadership. He was a senior part of the worst government in our history. He has learnt nothing, and he cannot change.

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