Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to the Prime Minister’s admission this afternoon that the government is preparing to go into deficit. Given that the government has forecast growth for next year at two per cent with a budget surplus of $5.4 billion and expected significant interest rate cuts, why will the government not be able to keep the budget in surplus?

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