Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition, in his question, referred to ‘dubious assumptions’. Can I just say that the most dubious assumption being advanced by those opposite is that this country’s deficit and debt strategy is not consistent with a responsible return to budget surplus. The government has provided five years of sets of forecasts and projections for the future; our predecessors provided four. The government’s strategy to return the budget to surplus is outlined in the budget papers. We stand by the strategy.

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