Brandis, Sen George

Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:04): Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I want to give the Minister one last opportunity to clarify this. Given that the Prime Minister said, and the Minister herself on previous occasions has told the chamber, that delivering a budget surplus in 2012-13 is a promise and she now says that it is merely a forecast, which is it? Is it a promise any longer or is it less than a promise?