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

What the government will continue to do is make the decisions in order to put Australia on a stronger foundation for the future. The previous government put Australia on a trajectory where we were borrowing from our children and grandchildren, putting their living standards at risk by forcing them to pay for our day-to-day living expenses today as well as their own. Of course, that is not a trajectory that this government will continue. Indeed, in last year's budget we made a series of very important decisions to put Australia on a stronger foundation for the future. Three quarters—