Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The electorate of Durack produces significant wealth that the rest of Australia relies on, and growth in my electorate means growth for the rest of Australia. Durack is one of the regions that has propelled Australia forward in recent years, and I am very proud to represent an electorate that is full of such hardworking and diligent people. Whether it is iron ore, gas, wheat, beef, horticulture or even rock lobster, Durack constituents are well and truly pulling their weight when it comes to contributing in a positive way to the economy.

That is why it makes the record deficit left to this government by those opposite in 2013 even more disappointing and heartbreaking. I would like to take the time to remind those opposite of the record deficit that Labor managed to rack up in their time in office. Labor exploded our national debt levels and put us into an incredible budget black hole of $310 billion

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