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Tuesday, 28 September 1999
Page: 10747


Mr CREAN —My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that Australia's commitment to peacekeeping and aid for East Timor will involve a significant new cost to the budget, will this commitment be met by reducing the surplus or by further spending cuts?


Mr HOWARD (Prime Minister) —I have already indicated a broad order of magnitude of, I think, $500 million as the impact. I think I also indicated—and certainly the Treasurer has—that we will have further things to say about that in the mid-year financial review.