Penny Wong
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 14: Senator Penny Wong talks over the details of the budget with members of the media held in 'Budget lock up' on May 14, 2013 in Canberra, Australia. Treasurer Wayne Swan will tonight present the federal budget to parliament, revealing a budget deficit and announcing a ten-year plan to bring the budget back to surplus, if the Labor party is re-elected on election day this September 14.
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Watch Now - Meet The Press
Today on Meet the Press, Finance Minister Penny Wong accuses the Coalition of planning secret cuts. Finance Minister Penny Wong on the need for tough calls in this week's budget. David Briggs from Galaxy research breaks down the first post-budget opinion 5/18/13 from NEWS.com.au Read more »
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Wong urges voters not to switch off
Finance Minister Penny Wong has urged voters not to "turn off and disengage" with four months to go until the federal election. Senator Wong told a Committee for Economic Development of Australia post-budget lunch in Melbourne on Friday Tony Abbott's bud from Ninemsn Read more »
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Abbott is hiding nasties from public: Wong
FINANCE Minister Penny Wong says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is hiding his nasty surprises for Australians until after the September 14 election. In his budget-in-reply on Thursday, Mr Abbott outlined that a coalition government would slash the public from PerthNow Read more »
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The bitter pill Swan has to swallow
Penny Wong says Tony Abbott has given a 'sneak peek' of the savage cuts he would implement as PM. IN his post-budget speech this week, Wayne Swan made it clear he had apologised to his Labor treasurer in 1993, John "Joe" Dawkins, for leading a backbench from The Australian Read more »
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Wong says 'sneak peak' of savage cuts
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has given a 'sneak peek' of the savage cuts he would implement if he becomes prime minister, Finance Minister Penny Wong says. Mr Abbott on Thursday night outlined almost $5 billion a year in spending cuts to pay for a pledg from Big Pond News Read more »
