David Leyonhjelm (NSW, Liberal Democratic Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The Prime Minister has said that:

… spending to get unemployed people into work; on childcare to keep parents in the workforce; on infrastructure to get people to their jobs; and on a small business tax cut to create jobs will help to get the budget back towards the surplus our country needs.

Can the minister explain how government spending will help get the budget back towards surplus? Can he point to any evidence that any sort of government spending anywhere in the world at any time in history has paid for itself?