Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I was of course dealing with questions from the member for Shortland, which were the questions first presented to the Main Committee because the opposition neglected to jump to get the call, which is really a matter for it. The government will be investing through the Education Investment Fund in renewal of capital and equipment in the vocational education and training sector. That comes on top of our recurrent investments to create 630,000 new training places.

In relation to the question asked by the member for Casey, I direct his attention to Budget Paper No. 1. Budget Paper No. 1 is the one in which the macroeconomic forecasts of the government are contained. He may learn from reading that that what the budget papers reflect throughout and what the Treasurer’s statement in presenting the budget reflects is that we have a high-inflation environment. I do not know if the opposition is still in denial about that. (Time expired)

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