@sailorgirl; Abbott inherited a budget that was in great shape due to the fiscal discipline of Rudd & Gillard.
Even though Abbott slashed and burned the public sector, the NDIS and the NBN he then paid even more to contract those services back ... all aimed as wasting taxpayers' money by $Feeding $Greed.
Abbott slaughtered productivity growth and this sent taxes northwards and prompted his dismissal by his own MPs.
