Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Payman, and thank you for your interest in the fact that the government will be delivering the first budget surplus in 15 years. This will be delivered at a time when we have provided targeted cost-of-living relief to Australians. It is important to get the budget back on track. Those opposite never really cared about that; they cared a lot about the headline, not about the delivery. We saw that with the budget. We are addressing the problems with the budget. We are fixing up terminating measures. We are making investments where we can. We are finding savings where we can. We are getting rid of the waste and rorts and putting the budget in a much better shape so that when we do need to use it, when we do need to provide additional investments that Australian people rely on, the budget is there to support those investments. We look forward to delivering that first budget surplus because it is important that our budget is in better nick for the challenges that are coming towards us. We know that it is more than just printing a set of mugs to fundraise from.