Labor has come out with a series of proposals to increase taxes, including taxes on people across Australia saving for their retirement, he has actually identified so far zero dollars in spending reductions.

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

People who have put money aside on the basis of a certain set of rules shouldn't have that money raided just because government has got a problem.

I think that it's high time that the Prime Minister stopped making excuses for bad policy and started listening to the forgotten families of Australia.

I'm not saying that people on welfare don't contribute in their own way, but as many as possible should be encouraged to be economically active as well as socially and culturally active.

Mates help each other; they do not tax each other.

There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.