Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Scarr for his question. He obviously wasn't watching too closely on budget night, but, of course, this government produced a surplus—a $20 billion surplus. We've tried to make this a fairer country by improving wages and by trying to bring back some of the equality that we lost over the previous nine years. But, of course, by delivering a surplus, we put downward pressure on inflation. Yes, we rejigged spending in this country based on the commitments that we made to the Australian people when they rejected—