Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The point I'm making is that those opposite wouldn't know the first thing about responsible economic management. They said that they would deliver a surplus in their first year and every year after that, and they went none for nine. We've been here for two years and we've delivered two surpluses—two for two. None for nine and two for two—that's what I'm attempting to remind the shadow Treasurer of.

As I've said multiple times already, the governor of the Reserve Bank has said that our surpluses are helping in the fight against inflation. Those surpluses wouldn't be possible without our responsible economic management and cleaning up the mess those opposite left behind.

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