Mr MORRISON (Cook—Treasurer) (14:13): The government is committed to strong economic management, and strong management of our budget. In dealing with the challenges we face from time to time— Mr Dreyfus interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs. Mr MORRISON: there are measures that have to be added to the budget which I know those on the opposite side of the House would agree have to be included in our forward estimates and our budget expenditure for this year. And they would know that since the last budget— Ms Plibersek interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Sydney. Mr MORRISON: which was forecasting a rate of expenditure of 25.9 per cent of GDP, the budget now includes—has had added to it—Roads to Recovery funding, the Syrian humanitarian crisis response and also the delay of the higher education reforms. Ms Macklin interjecting— The SPEAKER: As soon as the member for Jagajaga is ready I will recognise the member for Watson. Mr Burke: Just to give him a chance to look it up. The SPEAKER: Is there a point of order? Mr Burke: Yes, there is. The SPEAKER: What is the point of order? Mr Burke: The point of order is on direct relevance. 'Revenue' is about the money coming in, 'expenditure' is— The SPEAKER: The member for Watson will resume his seat. The member for Watson does not have the call. The Treasurer has the call. Mr MORRISON: The opportunity I was giving those opposite was this: to put the budget into balance you need to ensure that your expenditure—are you with me?—is less than your revenue. Opposition members interjecting— Mr MORRISON: Those opposite believe the way to balance the budget is to increase your revenue so that it is higher than your expenditure. That is why those opposite, when they have the opportunity, are constantly chasing higher expenditure with higher taxes. Revenue this year is forecast to be 24 per cent of GDP, and currently expenditure as a percentage of GDP is higher than that. But what we are doing with our budget is we are increasing the strength of the budget by 0.5 per cent of GDP every single year. That is the pathway to surplus: ensuring that you get your expenditure under control and that your revenue grows with the strength of the economy, not by sucking more taxes out of Australians taxpayers' pockets to ensure that they can chase the ever increasing spending spiral of those opposite. This government is focused on getting expenditure under control and ensuring that we grow receipts based on a strong economy, not on the taxing appetites of those opposite. The SPEAKER: The member for McMahon. Mr Bowen: Given the Treasurer did not know the answer, I seek leave to table the answer, which is $52 billion from the budget—the government's document. I seek leave to table it. Mr Pyne interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the House will cease interjecting. I have made it clear before that members are not going to table documents that are already documents of the parliament.