Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In concluding, to allow others to participate in the debate on this ludicrous motion, I will just say that, having spent six years trashing the economy, and then having spent the last 18 months refusing to allow us to fix up the economy, and having knowingly condemned future generations to paying for the excesses of this generation, I would be very interested to see whether anybody on the other side of this chamber, when they get up to speak—because I know a number of them are going to do so—has any constructive suggestions about how we are going to turn around the debt and deficit mess that we inherited from you, so that we actually can turn around the fortunes of this nation, so that we do not condemn our children and their children to a life of paying back the debt that we have racked up on their behalf because you opposite will not allow us to fix up our debt and deficit problem.