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

My question is to the Treasurer. When asked this morning when the government would come back to surplus, the Treasurer gave—for him—a detailed and specific answer: 'In the future, when we get to that point.' Was the Treasurer getting into the spirit of Back to the Future Day? Or does the Treasurer of Australia really not know when he will get back to surplus?

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