Mr ABBOTT (Warringah—Prime Minister) (14:01): This government was elected to fix Labor's debt and deficit disaster, and fix it we will. I would be very reluctant to accept the figures in the Leader of the Opposition's question because the Leader of the Opposition has a bit of a record of misleading people. Ms Macklin interjecting— Mr ABBOTT: Let me point out to the House that under this government people will continue to receive generous social security benefits. Ms Macklin: It's a $1.9 billion cut! Mr ABBOTT: The difference is that under this government it will be sustainable. Under members opposite it was not sustainable. Just to give you a couple of examples, a single-income household with a child with $30,000 in private income will continue to receive some $18,000 from the taxpayer under this government if the child is under six. A similar household earning $90,000 will continue to receive some $6,000 from the taxpayer. This is a government which appreciates that families are doing it tough and, if members opposite are fair dinkum about doing the right thing by the families of Australia, repeal the carbon tax and do it now.