Doug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to speak to document 29, the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook 2009-10 statement by the Treasurer, Mr Swan, and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Mr Tanner. I think it is quite clear that the government’s responsibility to lead this nation at a time of great economic challenge has been carried out in an extremely professional, exceptional manner. We delivered a package to this country that kept and underpinned 210,000 jobs in the economy.

We delivered an economic package to this country that has made this country the envy of the rest of the world. We have the lowest net government debt as a share of GDP. We have one of the lowest unemployment rates in the world of advanced economies. We have ensured that we actually plan for the future. Our economic stimulus package has delivered a new approach in this country to long-term planning for schools, for roads, for dealing with black spots, for looking at community projects—