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

You cannot on the one hand last year say that they were monstrously optimistic and then this year say that last year they were monstrously pessimistic. It does not add up. It is a bit like what the member for North Sydney had to say when he set us that benchmark to meet for the budget the other day. When asked on Insiders what is the benchmark the government must meet, he said:

Well they could do it if they tried—

that is, bring the budget into surplus—

in three to four years.

Joe, we are doing it in three.

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