Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Hansard source

I refer the Prime Minister to the question she was asked by David Speers at the Brisbane community forum: if you do not get the budget back into surplus in three years, what happens? The Prime Minister responded:

It's happening, David. Failure is not an option.

Mr Speers then asked:

If it doesn't?

To which the Prime Minister replied:

Well, failure is not an option here and we won't fail.

Prime Minister, was that promise as believable as your promise that 'there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead'?

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