Chris Bowen is now taking questions from reporters. Let's run through the key questions and answers."There is always a degree of uncertainty. If everything doesn't materialise as planned, is it the high surpluses or keeping election promises?""We will keep our election promises. Every forecast, whether it be a Parliamentary Budget Office forecast or a Treasury forecast, is subject to obviously the impact of changing economic circumstances.
"I don't hold the government to any higher account than I hold ourselves to make the best possible forecast with all the available evidence of the time.""On the 24.3 per cent , in what year do you reach 24.3? You project bigger surpluses of $87 billion over the decade. How big are those surpluses if you don't have 24.3?""It is not our assumption that we will go over that.
"And also do you accept that, given you’ve got a couple of floating commitments that you haven’t costed – like, for example, an increase to Newstart, based on everything you guys have said through the campaign, that is coming, that is clearly coming – the only thing that’s missing is the quantum and it’s likely to be several billion, that’s not in the document. Also, your climate policies have not yet been finalised, and therefore are not costed, to some degree.
"I can’t agree with you on climate change and the climate change impact is here in the budget – the impact of our climate change policies is outlined in some detail.""There's 195,000 workers in the childcare sector which you’ve promised a significant pay rise to, of, I think, $11,300 annual pay rise. The figures today hardly show that it comes anywhere close to that. How do you respond?""We’ve outlined that policy.
billshortenmp How could anyone shake the hand of a bull Sh!t artist!!
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billshortenmp Good on them
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billshortenmp Probably had to deal with his union mates in the past.
billshortenmp He was reaching for their wallet.
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billshortenmp I wouldn’t shake his hand, I’d tell him to F off!
billshortenmp Bill who?
billshortenmp It's just rude really. I never liked Kevin Rudd but I smiled and shook his hand on the 07 campaign. Instead of being so immature they could have taken the opportunity to question his policies.
billshortenmp Well done guys
billshortenmp Well done workers.
billshortenmp Awkward shorten makes a pleasant change from the usual delusionally arrogant shorten.
billshortenmp Penny Wong started it! 😳
billshortenmp That bloke staged it, that’s why he was at the doorway.
billshortenmp Thank Penny Wong, she started it.
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