Sarah Henderson (Corangamite, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

to maintain our AAA rating. The Labor Party do not care about the budget. They do not care about this economy. They do not care about a AAA rating. All they do—

Mr Irons interjecting—

As the member for Swan has said, they do whatever it takes. The biggest challenge that we confront as a government in running the economy is members opposite. We heard the member for Rankin talk about 'slaying them' in reference to the member for Deakin's contribution. Talking about slaying them, he was the architect of four surpluses that were never delivered! Four surpluses promised by the member for Lilley when he was the Treasurer were never delivered. It was an absolute shocker, and the Labor Party went to the last election promising $16 billion more in deficit than our government.

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