Bowen says coalition given up on budget repair, page-38

It was made as a reply to your comment regarding the current economic position. The current surplus is a consequence of a decade of bracket creep and recent fall in the AUD.

The quote you posted just then was about the GFC.

The right of politics is all against tax yet they're perfectly fine with a budget surplus that is funded by draining the economy of what would otherwise have been savings. Work that out.