Senator FIFIELD (Victoria—Manager of Government Business in the Senate and Assistant Minister for Social Services) (15:03): I am a little speechless on occasion by the attitude of those opposite, because the situation that we have inherited is not of our making— Senator Wong: You lie! Senator FIFIELD: yet we are determined to fix it. The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Wong, you will need to withdraw that. Senator Wong: Mr President, what the Prime Minister said before the election was untrue. He said there would be no changes to the pension. It was untrue. The PRESIDENT: I just asked you to withdraw. Senator Wong: I withdraw. Senator FIFIELD: Mr President, Kevin Rudd said before he became Prime Minister that the reckless spending would stop. Kevin Rudd exacerbated the reckless spending. Those opposite are like arsonists who set fire to a building and then they stand in the way and try to stop the fire brigade getting there. We did not create the situation; we are determined to fix it. Tonight in the budget we will lay out an economic action strategy to repair your budget damage, to create an economy that will grow, to create an economy that will see new jobs created. You should study our economic action plan carefully tonight, because it is the path to undo the damage you have done. Senator Abetz: Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.