Multiple Labor state governments have delivered surpluses .At federal level they inherited a nationally income producing ,sold off asset ,wasteland ex Howard and Costello ,whilst walking into a GFC left by conservatives worldwide in the gillard/rudd era whilst bringing in important social policy for example NDIS and actually attempting (not paying lip service ) to deal with climate change . AND Lets be quite clear NO LIBERAL GOVERNMENT HAS PRODUCED A SURPLUS SINCE THE ASSET SELL OFF OF HOWARD ,no one has produced a surplus since . LNP are terrible economic managers .