Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:09): I thank the member for Robertson for her question. I can point out to her that this country has a fundamentally strong economy, but under members opposite we had a fundamentally weak budget. The government is fixing the budget to strengthen our economy. This is exactly what we were elected to do. I said until I was blue in the face during the last election that we would do four things: we would stop the boats, we would scrap the carbon tax, we would build the road to the 21st century, and we would get the budget back under control. Opposition members interjecting— Mr ABBOTT: I can understand a certain amount of excitement from members opposite, because members opposite did not think the budget needed to be brought back under control. None other than the Leader of the Opposition said—he likes to talk about advertising, well here is a bit of false advertising that the Leader of the Opposition put out—he claimed, in a dodger distributed to his electorate, that the budget was— An incident having occurred in the chamber — The SPEAKER: The Prime Minister will resume his seat. I have already said that those placards are not to be used. If you wish to act in defiance of the chair in that way—I would ask the Manager of Opposition Business to ask his members to abide by the ruling. Mr Burke: On a point of order, Madam Speaker, I ask that the same rule will apply to the Prime Minister who is waving a document around on that side. The SPEAKER: Should the Prime Minister again wave it around, he will be asked to desist from that action, but I would ask you to inform your members to comply with the ruling. Mr Burke: I will go and talk to them now. The SPEAKER: Good. The Prime Minister has the call. Mr ABBOTT: The Leader of the Opposition claimed back in 2012 that the budget was back in surplus, on time and as promised. I know why he is turning his back; he is embarrassed by this. He said, 'in these uncertain global times, there is no clearer sign of a strong economy than a surplus'—the surplus he never, ever delivered, the surplus Labor never delivered and was incapable of delivering. What did we get from members opposite? We got the six biggest deficits in Australia's history. We got 200,000 more unemployed at the end of their six years than at the beginning. We got $123 billion of cumulative prospective deficits, $667 billion of projected debt and $1 billion a month in interest payments—every single month—just to pay the interest on the borrowings. They were paying the nation's mortgage on the credit card. It just could not go on; and it will not go on, thanks to this government. We are taking the tough decisions now to avoid even tougher decisions in four or five years time. We are taking the tough decisions now to set up the prosperity of the future. This is the first honest budget in six years. This is the budget our country needs.