Don Farrell SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism
2:00 pm
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—
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