Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Those mock opposite every time I raise the issue that they want to spend more money on welfare and send the bill to their kids. If you want to raise spending on welfare and keep it at higher levels, at least have the courage to insist that the generation that you say wants that higher welfare also pays for it and don't send the bill to the children of the future on their credit cards. What we should be doing is giving the next generation a platform to spring off, not a debt burden that hangs around their neck, because those opposite cannot get over their addiction to spending. What that means is: they are addicted to higher taxes, but even then their taxes can never keep up with their appetite for spending. That is why at the last election they said to the Australian people: 'We want to tax you more. We want to spend more. We want a bigger debt and we want a bigger deficit.' It is no surprise that the Australian people rejected this Leader of the Opposition and rejected that shadow Treasurer at the last election.

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