Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

We will always do the right thing by growth and jobs in our economy, unlike those opposite, who back in 2008 and 2009 voted against the stimulus package that saved jobs and kept small business in business. We have brought down a midyear budget update that brings the budget back to surplus in 2012-13 because we understand how important it is at a time of global uncertainty to bring the budget back to surplus when the economy is growing around trend.

What we have heard from the shadow Treasurer has been a conga line of clangers. He went out today and said that there was nothing in the midyear update about the Murray-Darling. Wrong. He went out and got the growth rate wrong—again. A conga line of clangers. He said last week that the economy was flat lining. A conga line of clangers. What we have is an appropriate fiscal policy to support jobs and growth.

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