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

My question is to the Minister for Trade and Competitiveness and the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Asian Century Policy. I refer the minister to page 83 of the Australia in the Asian Century white paper in which it claims one of the government's achievements is 'returning the budget to surplus'. Has the minister written to his counterparts in Asia to correct this false claim, and has he apologised for making it?

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