Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Prior to question time, I commenced my contribution in this debate on the appropriation bills. I was discussing the context in which any set of appropriation bills is presented to this chamber—that is, the government's management of the budget and the management of the Australian economy. I was running through the figures in terms of the broader economic data which demonstrate the circumstances that the government have presided over since they came to government but most particularly since their confidence-killing budget of last year.