Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Another day, another position on the surplus from those opposite. Before the budget they said there was no need to change the size of the surplus. Then they said that the budget did not cut it hard enough; that the surplus was not big enough. Now they are arguing for a smaller surplus. Make your mind up. Get your act together. Try and reach at least one position to attack us from. We have delivered a strong surplus of $22 billion.