House debates

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:36 pm

Photo of Joe HockeyJoe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. If the Treasurer disagrees with the $120 billion figure for his black hole, does he also disagree with the Director of Budget Policy and Forecasting at Macroeconomics, Stephen Anthony, a former senior figure in the Treasury and the department of finance who says, regarding your $120 billion black hole:

There is a hole—fill it—and by the way, stop raising spending promises you cannot keep.

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