labor questioned on how to fund spending, page-4

Trouble is cw, there is definitely no business acumen among the Australian Labor Party.

As observed by an article in The Australian;
The biographies of Gillard ministers read like carbon copies of each other: former unionists, political staffers, lawyers with union law firms, party apparatchiks, a few teachers, more union organisers, more political staffers, the odd academic. The one closest to being self-employed is a former musician with Midnight Oil!
Contrast the Hawke ministry, which included a "doctor, shearer, farmer, policeman, teachers, lawyers, two businessmen, a priest and an accountant" with the Gillard ministry, chock full of political careerists.

Further in the article..."At a dinner in Melbourne a few weeks back, former Liberal prime minister John Howard lamented the rise of an insular, inexperienced political class within his own beloved party. It may be that the only difference between the two parties on this front is that right now Labor's political careerists are running the country. The same problems may well emerge when the Coalition is in the driver's seat."

That is the problem we face, career politicians who have never ever had to trade their time for money in a real job where they have to prove their skills daily.
Treasury is treated like an ATM by this Government with an unlimited overdraft, need more money, press a few buttons.
Who cares who pays, no need for justification here...