Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Services) Share this | Hansard source

On this side of the chamber, we prefer to deal in facts, not fiction and hypotheticals. The reality is that we have a new PM; he's a good PM. He's continuing our coalition government's record investment in mobile black spots, as I've already mentioned, in infrastructure and in backing the ingenuity of the Australian people. It is our record investment in backing smaller businesses that is making sure that that engine room of our national economy is able to grow and prosper; we don't back away from that at all. And I think the new Prime Minister is doing exactly that. He was the Treasurer who delivered that strong economic growth that we've been so grateful to receive—the highest and strongest growth since the middle of the mining boom back in 2005. These are great figures that mean we'll be able to get rid of the debt and deficit that you left us a year earlier than— (Time expired)