Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

He said: 'I don't think Australia is in a great position to be increasing the tax burden to any significant degree.' I would call an increase in the tax burden of over $100 billion in the next 10 years by the proposals of those opposite with no proposal to reduce tax, no proposal to reduce spending, no proposal to reduce the deficit; just to see higher debt and higher deficits as a result of their policies.

What you have in the opposition leader is nothing new. We have seen it all before. We saw it in those six years where they took a $20 billion surplus and turned it into a $50 billion deficit. We have seen it all before: there is nothing new about this opposition leader.

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