Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

In May we delivered a responsible budget, a budget to build a $22 billion surplus to act as a buffer against international uncertainty and to fund global investment into the future. But it was also a budget which cut tax. Tax as a percentage of GDP came down; it came down overall. Those people over there cannot accept the fact that we brought down a responsible budget that built a significant surplus to tackle inflation, to fund investment for the future and to deliver fairness to working families.

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