Mr TRUSS (Wide Bay—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development) (14:21): Clearly, as the Treasurer has just reported, the account figures are encouraging. It is a clear demonstration of the fact that we have government now that has declared Australia open for business and is already starting to make a difference. But we are by no means yet out of the woods. There is still a lot more work that will have to be done. Ms Owens interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Parramatta will desist. Mr TRUSS: We have still got to have a succession of budgets that turn around the cycle of deficits which Labor delivered—the five biggest deficits in our country's history. Our debt continues to rise, already costing us $1 billion a month in interest, and, if left unchecked, would peak at $667 billion. So we have got a long, hard task ahead of us. We needed a budget at this time that demonstrated to the community that we were prepared to take the tough decisions— Ms Macklin interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Jagajaga will desist. Mr TRUSS: and to get our economy on the straight and narrow once again. We need to demonstrate that we are there for the long run; that we are prepared to make the decisions which will deliver for our country not just one good quarterly result but repeat that again and again and again, so our nation can reach the stage where it can stand proud once again and we can achieve our potential, and deliver for the Australian people the services and facilities that they want. Mr Perrett interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Moreton has been warned. One more time and he is gone. Mr TRUSS: We welcome the growth figures that have been announced today, but there is still a long, long task ahead of us.