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

Mr Speaker, I can also reveal that this week it was revealed in the consumer confidence surveys, for the first time since they began in the early seventies, that this budget has impacted positively on Australian consumers' confidence more than any budget since that time. And that is exactly what Australians needed; they needed this budget to give them the confidence. There's only one assumption that really matters in this budget, and that's an assumption that we have made, as a government, in putting this budget together, as we have continued over the course of this week to outline the many measures, as ministers have responded to in questions today and all week—

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