Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

This is an outrageous attack from the Labor Party, who have spent 10 years opposing every attempt we have made to bring rigour and discipline to the federal budget. Every time we have brought in cost-saving measures and rigour to the budget, they have opposed them. Every time we have announced a spending program, they have said: ‘Why don’t you spend more on it? Why don’t you add another billion to it?’ They are a disgrace when it comes to economic management. They left the federal budget a complete disaster. They have no credibility on this subject and I will not take any lessons from them.