Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I can confirm there was a global financial crisis. I can confirm that the government put in place stimulus measures. I can confirm that, as a result of those measures and as a result of the resilience of the Australian economy and Australia's people, our economy is seven per cent larger now than prior to the global financial crisis—something that economies like those of the United Kingdom and the United States would give their right arm for. Those are the realities. I can confirm that 200,000 Australians stayed in work as a result of the actions of this government. I can confirm that we have handed down our budget surplus plans laid out fully transparent to the Australian people, unlike those opposite.