Senate debates Questions without Notice

Budget


Stephen Conroy

Stephen Conroy Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

2:49 pm

My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Cormann. Can the minister confirm that the 2014 Abbott-Hockey budget forecast a deficit for 2016 of $10.6 billion, which has now blown out in the latest budget to $37.1 billion, more than tripling the deficit?

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