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

I was asked whether I stand by that statement and I said, no, I have got to add to that statement—and a very important addition that I did not think about on the spur of the moment on Insiders. I did not come up with the fact that actually a lot of ministers had raised unfairness with me. A lot of ministers had raised with me how unfair the budget situation was that Labor left behind, how unfair it was that Labor had exposed generations of Australians to high levels of debt and deficit, to lesser opportunity in the future, and how important it was that we turned that situation around, strengthening the economy, creating more jobs, repairing the budget mess we inherited from you. (Time expired)