George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the budget delivered in May last year forecast a $22 billion deficit, yet by November the MYEFO forecast had blown out to a $37 billion deficit, an upward variation of 68 per cent in just six months, how can the public be expected to rely on the accuracy of any budget forecast made by this government?