Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance and Administration. The Treasurer handed down his 12th budget last night with the usual fanfare, but I ask: when is the rest of the budget going to be delivered? What happens to the $10.6 billion left over this financial year and the surplus that remains unspent the next year and the one after that? When will the Treasurer deign to let us know where the rest of the money will be going? Can we expect Mr Costello to emerge from a cake spruiking even bigger promises and bigger handouts around election time?