Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I am indicating to the opposition the following: we are determined to bring the budget to surplus. Standard & Poor's have given us a AAA credit rating. Indeed, we have a AAA credit grade rating from all three major ratings agencies—never achieved during the life of the Howard government. No amount of bellowing from the opposition is going to turn a AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's into anything else. The premise of the Leader of the Opposition's question is absurd. Of course, the Leader of the Opposition is asking it as a hypocrite, because he will not commit himself—

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