Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I started the answer by saying there are strong reasons to bring the budget back to surplus. They have been spoken about by the government, by the Treasurer, by the Prime Minister and by me. That is why the budget has us on track to come back to surplus in 2012-13, the fastest fiscal consolidation since the 1960s. Senator Joyce does not like people pointing out the double standard of asking about this and then not voting for those savings measures and voting for more debt through more spending. He does not like people pointing that out. (Time expired)