Senate debates

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:14 pm

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

As I was saying, in addition to endorsing the government's economic plans, the IMF commented favourably on the government's determination to bring the budget back to surplus and pointed out that this puts us miles ahead of our peers. Of course, the ability to return to surplus does depend on getting your numbers right. The opposition have yet to get their numbers right. Their $11 billion black hole, found by Treasury and Finance, from which they have never recovered, has now blown out to a $70 billion black hole—

Comments

No comments