Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Smith for the supplementary. She is right that budget repair has been a key focus of the Treasurer's, of mine in the Finance portfolio and of the whole government over the last three years. The data out of the ABS, but also the fact that we've delivered $100 billion worth of savings since we came to government, show that the Australian Labor Party is actually the party of responsible economic management. That has been well and truly consolidated with the approach we took over the last three years, and we will continue it in the next term. We have made a number of savings right across government—as I said, $100 billion. Ninety-four billion dollars of those savings was delivered last term, and, of course, we announced $6.4 billion worth of savings in the election campaign to be achieved over the next three years.