Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I remind the minister that the government borrowed $16 billion in the first half of 2009-10 and delivered a $54 billion deficit, $27 billion in the first half of 2010-11 and delivered a $47 billion deficit, and $32 billion in the first half of 2011-12 and delivered a $43 billion deficit. Is the finance minister able to tell us or even fathom a guess at what the deficit will be this year?