Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications) Share this | Hansard source

The bottom line about the budget is simply this: Labor spent and spent; they borrowed and borrowed. They spent far too much during the GFC. We warned them. I remember saying to the then Prime Minister, Mr Rudd: 'You don't need to spend so much money. You don't need to make these commitments. Have some restraint, and if we need to spend more money, parliament is not closing down—we can do it again.'

Dr Chalmers interjecting—

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