Tim Storer (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

If the economy undershoots Treasury's optimistic projections, the government has three options: delay the introduction of stages 2 and 3 of the package; reduce spending on services like health and education, which South Australians expect; or slow down overall debt repayment, which already costs $18 billion a year in interest. Don't Australians deserve to know the fate of stages 2 and 3 now if economic circumstances don't turn out the way that the government hopes?