Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Evans. Can the minister please outline to the Senate how the 2009-10 budget, outlined by the Treasurer last night in the face of the enormous economic challenges faced by the world’s economy, enables the government to support jobs and to deliver the investments needed to strengthen the Australian economy? What is the estimated number of jobs that will be protected as a result of the government’s actions to date and when is it projected that the budget will be returned to surplus—