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

No, we do not propose to bring down a budget. We have just brought down a budget and I thank Senator Cormann for voting for some savings measures in that budget, which Mr Abbott previously opposed without much demur, very quietly on Thursday of the previous sitting week. What we have said very clearly—and this is consistent with the budget papers—is that we will ensure that the budget figures are updated in the usual way subsequent to the announcement of the carbon price. That is the position we said previously. That is the position we will adhere to.

I think to criticise the government for doing what it said it would do—that is, to update the figures in the usual way and to put the detail out there—is pretty rich coming from a party that is unable to cost its policies, comes in here and votes against saving measures, announces policies that are not funded and is led by a man who thinks economics is boring. (Time expired)