The fact is that I'm interested in getting on with my job of holding the Government to account and I think that the Government should get on with the job of effectively running the country and not making excuses for poor performance, not lowering expectations. Their job is to deliver on their election commitments.
And the commitment that I've been giving to the Australian people is that there'll be no surprises and no excuses under a Coalition government.
And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.
Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
We are about getting things done. We are not about the blame game. We are not about making excuses.
We are going to be a government of no surprises and no excuses; a government which keeps its commitments and a government which is straight and candid with the Australian people and that's what we intend to do.
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.
We will be a consultative, collegial government. No surprises, no excuses. That's what you'll get under the Coalition.
Today, we have got more excuses from the government.
There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.
More excuses for more failures.
There will be no surprises, there will be no excuses, we will do what we've said we will do.
Here we go again, a government which is making yet more excuses for yet more failure when it comes to getting our budgetary situation right.
So, my friends, in a week or so the Governor-General will swear in a new government.
I think it's time for the Prime Minister to stop making excuses and to start governing.
I want to run a government, Barnaby wants to be part of a government, which is characterized by the motto if you like, no surprises, no excuses. That will be the motto of an incoming Coalition government. No surprises, no excuses.
A government that says what it means, and means what it says.
The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.
Well, Michael, we will be telling the people of Australia in good time before the next election exactly what they can expect from us. No surprises, no excuses. They will be our watch words going into the election and afterwards, should we form a government.
A government that understands the limits of power as well as its potential.
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