Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

As a direct result of the bad decisions made by the Labor Party over six years in government, our economy is growing more slowly than it otherwise would have. That is bad for the prosperity of people across Australia but it is also bad for the government because it means that we are raising less revenue as a result of the bad decisions by Labor.

Opposition senators interjecting—