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

and now, apparently, his political case is that carbon pricing is not enough—a remarkable turnaround! These people are so negative they are now at war with their own case against the minerals resource rent tax and carbon pricing.

On the question of budget discipline and returning the budget to surplus, even in these economic times, where we are seeing instability in the euro zone affecting the global economy, the government is determined to bring the budget to surplus and we will be updating all of our economic figures in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook. I really am amazed that the Leader of the Opposition would come into this parliament and ask a question about fiscal discipline, given the recorded statement of his shadow minister for finance. The recorded statement of his shadow for finance is:

... we are saying that we need to identify up to $70 billion over the next four years if we are to get—

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