Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Speaker. They've got a lot of nerve asking about spending, as well. As the Prime Minister comprehensively pointed out a moment ago, we've been cleaning up the mess that they left of the budget that they inherited. They said there would be a surplus in every single one of their nine years; they went none for nine. They didn't deliver a single surplus in their time in office, and we're two for two. So, if he wants to ask me—

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Stop pre-scripting his points of order!

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