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

Behind every assertion and every falsehood that is said by the opposition lies a $70 billion black hole. Everything they say on the economy is overshadowed by the $70 billion black hole that they know they cannot fill. Senator Cormann comes in here and demands that we put more figures out there. We have our figures, Senator; they are in the budget. They are in the budget and we update them as we should. You have never put figures out that worked. Your arithmetic has never been right. You used a dodgy accounting firm who was found to have acted unprofessionally during your election campaign and now you are using a catering company. Do not come into this chamber, Senator Cormann, and lecture anybody about costings. Ours are in the budget; you have none. You have a $70 billion black hole and you are going to have to cut services for working Australians.