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

My question is to the Prime Minister. This morning the Treasurer said that the independent pre-election economic forecast was wrong. But in June, the Minister for Social Services—a person who has an interest in such matters—said, and I quote:

… as we know, the PEFO is where the officials tell the truth about what the budget really is …

Prime Minister: who is right? The Treasurer? The wannabe Treasurer? Or should we check with the member for Wentworth?

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