Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order on relevance. The minister has partially answered the question—she reluctantly conceded that it is unlikely there will be a budget surplus in the current financial year—but she still has not answered the question in relation to the previous financial years. The question was: how many budget surpluses has this government actually delivered?