Sam Dastyari (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Brandis. I refer to the Deloitte Budget Monitor report released on Monday, which projects that the budget deficit will blow out by a further $24 billion over the forward estimates. Given that this comes after the government delivered a budget deficit for 2015-16 eight times bigger than they inherited, isn't it clear that when it comes to economic management the government are, in Senator Brandis's own words, very, very mediocre?