Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS (New South Wales) (14:13): My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Treasurer. I refer the minister to her statement to the Senate in question time yesterday, when asked if the budget would return to surplus in 2012-13, that this was merely a forecast and her refusal when given three opportunities to confirm that it was still a promise. Why is the government walking away from a commitment reiterated by the Prime Minister no fewer than 30 times— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Fierravanti-Wells is entitled to be heard in silence and I am entitled to hear the question. Senator FIERRAVANTI-WELLS: Why is the government walking away from a commitment reiterated by the Prime Minister no fewer than 30 times and by the Treasurer no fewer than 15 times in the last 18 months? When will the government come clean with the Australian people and admit that it has abandoned its commitment to deliver a budget surplus in 2012-13?