Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware of widespread criticism that welfare for the well-off has embedded a sense of entitlement that does long-term structural damage to the Commonwealth budget? The first Costello budget in 1996 was nothing if not tough. Will the first Swan budget be tough enough to wind back unwarranted welfare benefits and tax concessions and to extend means testing?