FED:Swan gets in early to call it a 'farce'

AAP General News (Australia)
08-18-2010
FED:Swan gets in early to call it a 'farce'

Treasurer WAYNE SWAN has addressed reporters in Canberra as the coalition is releasing
its budget costings .. saying it's a farce and slapstick comedy.

The opposition's treasury spokesman .. JOE HOCKEY and finance spokesman ANDREW ROBB
have been detailing their costings at a press conference in Sydney.

But Mr SWAN says at a minimum .. Mr ABBOTT'S spend-a-thon has slashed the government's
planned budget surplus to just under one billion dollars in 2012/13 and about half a billion
in 2013/14.

He says the figures mean that Mr ABBOTT lacks the judgement and confidence to run the economy.

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