Ken O'Dowd (Flynn, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I know. So he was very proud to be rolling along with the member for Lilley, not caring about ever having a surplus budget—just deficit after deficit. 'Debt and deficit' was their call.

Dr Chalmers interjecting—

Yes. Anyway, that is the story.

I think that it is a very good budget—good for small business, good for jobs and good for everything. We will see this budget come to hand, and next year will be even better because we will have the return of small business and the return of jobs. We will get that figure down from 6.3 per cent down to around about five per cent by this time next year, hopefully.

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