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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Given the government has now delivered four budgets and four deficits—the four biggest deficits in Australian history, which together amount to $174 billion—should not the Australian people see through the government's promise to deliver a surplus this time as just another unbelievable Labor Party promise based on spin, not facts?