Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer the Treasurer to his answer in the House last week that it is not possible to say how much the budget deficit had been blown out as a result of the government's changes in economic assumptions in the midyear forecast. I also refer the Treasurer to pages 29 and 30 of that forecast, which actually outline a $5.7 billion blow-out driven by his changes to economic assumptions. Why did the Treasurer mislead the House?

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