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

But, as the member would also be aware, this government has a series of objectives that are important: bringing the budget to surplus, building the future economy, investing in Australian schools, continuing to invest in health care services and, of course, creating the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We will continue to make the difficult choices in the government's budget to help us reach those objectives while making sure that we bring the budget to surplus. None of this is easy, but if you are clearly guided by your values as to what is important then your set of priorities becomes clear. People know that this government's priorities are about supporting and creating jobs and creating the economy of the future which will bring us more prosperity whilst giving working families the services and support they need—and, of course, great quality schools for their kids to go to are pivotal to the services and support they need and pivotal to our nation's economic future.

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