Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As a result of the government’s management of the economy, we are actually going to exceed the previous forecast by bringing the debt level down three years early. We have also met a whole range of the targets we set. To fully offset all new spending is one of them. We kept the fiscal discipline in terms of new spending, which has allowed us to take advantage of the improving economy and pay off the debt quickly. That is very much meeting our commitment to fiscal constraint. (Time expired)