PM says budget will return to surplus

8 Feb 2012, 4:53 pm   -   Source: AAP
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will return the federal budget to surplus in 2012/13. (Getty)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will return the federal budget to surplus in 2012/13. (Getty)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says the federal budget will return to surplus in 2012/13.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will bring the federal budget back into surplus in 2012/13, unlike the opposition.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott said today a coalition government would get the budget back to surplus "as quickly as possible".
  
But Ms Gillard is more certain 2012/13 will be a surplus year.
  
Finance spokesman Andrew Robb said yesterday the coalition would have to consider the government's books when it got in to office before it would be in a position to say when the first surplus would be delivered.

Opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey later said the coalition could achieve a surplus in 2012/13, based on current information.
 

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Hans - from Perth, 3 months ago

They will get a surplus on our backs as they all ways do, Labour looks good economically because they got most of their revenue off the working class public, tax on alchopops, cigarettes, and much more not to mention power bills and they get away with it, plain packaging on cigarettes is another farce because if they do that they will have to do it to alchohol as well, it is just as much a problem if not worse, "so ugly drab labels on all alchohol" will stop kids buying it ! Labour needs to Go!

Another lie ...time will tell

Brucey - from Canberra, 3 months ago

So she keeps saying ,but she will have to cut services to meet the target

Honesty Policy For Athiests

Honest John - from Sydney, 3 months ago

She is not treated any differently than any other back-stabbing Liar.

Kindergarten Maths

Oneand Oneistwo - from Sydney, 3 months ago

They have no hope of getting the budget back to surplus because every 10 Days Labour/Greens/2Amigos are in power they add another $Billion to our debt.

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