Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Minister for Finance) (14:59): We have gone out of our way in this budget to ensure that we very carefully target all of the measures so that everyone does their fair bit in helping to repair the budget mess that we have inherited from Labor. Senator Wong: So low- and middle-income Australians pay. Senator CORMANN: I note that question time is about to come to an end and Senator Wong is very loudly interjecting. I note that the Labor Party has not been interested enough in the budget to ask me a simple question— Senator Wong: You lied before the last election. You should come in here and tell people why you lied. The PRESIDENT: Senator Wong, you need to withdraw that comment. Senator Wong: I withdraw. Perhaps the minister will say why 'no cuts to health' was true. The PRESIDENT: No, that is debating the issue. Senator Wong: It was a deceit on the Australian people—no cuts to health, no cuts to education, no changes to the pension. The PRESIDENT: Order! That is debating the issue. Resume your seat. Senator CORMANN: The former finance minister did not have the courage to ask me a question about the budget, but she is happy to hurl abuse across the chamber. We made a promise that we would stick to the funding envelope for health, and we are keeping it. We are making efficiencies in the health portfolio—as we should—to treat taxpayers' money with respect and we are reinvesting it into the health system. We are reinvesting it in a very exciting initiative, the medical research future fund, which will improve our medical care, our health care, for decades to come. (Time expired)