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

That is what it says. What the member opposite put forward to the last election was to increase the deficit by $16½ billion. That is what he said to the Australian people—he said that the way to increase our financial resilience, to protect us against a storm, to grow the economy, was to tax it more and go into deficit by $16½ billion. Those opposite took that plan to the election and those opposite were rejected on the basis of that plan. On this side of the House we will continue with our measures—

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