"We got what we wanted," said Volker Wissing, federal legislator and finance spokesman for his party.
The finance spokesman of the opposition Labour Party, Ed Balls, responded to the data by saying the government was complacent.
Councillor Jim Carpenter, Conservative finance spokesman, said: "Cigarettes carry a Government health warning.
The party's finance spokesman Michael McGrath warned that "even the dead aren't safe from this Government".
Michael McGrath, the Fianna Fáil finance spokesman, said the figures show the management of capital projects needs to be overhauled.
Labor's finance spokesman, Tony Burke, said Turnbull's denials were at odds with what his government was doing.
The Greens finance spokesman, senator Peter Whisaysinvestments investransformativesformatinfrastructureture" is vital to the economy.
When Joyce was the Coalition's finance spokesman in opposition, he claimed Australia could default on its foreign debt.
Labor's finance spokesman, Jim Chalmers, said Labor would not commit until it saw the Coalition's superannuation legislation.
Alan Johnson, the opposition's finance spokesman, said many people felt let down by the government as if told to "get a shovel or stay at home".
