Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The fact is that under those opposite—of course, this is typical of what those opposite do—they refused to take responsibility for any of their actions. What we saw with their budget was that, in 2022, they handed down a budget with a whole bunch of goodies that all ran out, and that is why they left a $78 billion deficit, one that we have turned around into a $22 billion dollar surplus. Those opposite brought forward, in that budget in March, a freeze to the fuel excise. They brought that forward, but they also put in an end date for it. It's now 48 cents, but what they did was bring forward changes which all ran out as soon as people had cast their vote. But they left a $78 billion blackhole, as well as of course contributing to a trillion dollars of debt.

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