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

In being relevant to the question, I was asked about budget numbers and I am making the point that, despite the ridiculous claims of the opposition, what has been verified is that the numbers would be the same as the PEFO numbers had the pre-election fiscal outlook been delivered on budget Tuesday. That now gives the opposition nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. Now is the time for it to put out its cuts to the bone. Its last refuge, of waiting for PEFO, is now gone. If they are hiding those cuts, Australians know what to conclude: they are so deep and so hurtful that they do not want Australians to know the truth.

Mr Husic interjecting—

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