QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (15:47): The point I'm making is that we are managing the debt burden in a much more responsible way than those opposite. In fact, in this year, debt is $7 billion lower than it would have been under those opposite, who went to the last election promising higher taxes, bigger deficits and more debt.

Since the election, they have made a whole range of new promises that will mean that debt will be even higher going forward. So how are you going to pay for your income tax cuts? How are you going to pay for repealing all of the tax reform that we've done?

How are you going to pay for the EV tax discount? How are you going to pay for removing better targeted super concessions? How are you going to pay with your defence spending?

How are you going to pay for removing the HAFF? There is a whole range of areas. What about inland rail?

What about the inland rail that you've promised to build? You have to explain how you're going to pay for that.