Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer to the fact that the Treasurer did not have the courage to confess to the Australian people in his budget speech last night what the total deficit and debt is in the Rudd government budget. Given that the Treasurer will not tell us, will the Minister representing the Treasurer in the Senate, Senator Conroy, summon the courage to level with the Australian people and tell them exactly what the debt and deficit is in this budget?