Hockey hiding his spending cut plans: Wong Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey has been accused of hiding coalition plans to slash federal spending. FEDERAL Finance Minister Penny Wong has accused the opposition of hiding its plans to cut public spending if it wins government. Senator Wong said on Thursday it was time for shadow treasurer Joe Hockey to be "up front" with Australians about any coalition plans to slash federal spending. "Joe Hockey talks about a fiscal repair job but he's not prepared to tell Australians what choices he would make (and) what he would cut," Senator Wong told ABC radio, referring to Mr Hockey's comments in his budget reply speech on Wednesday. (Mr Hockey) and Tony Abbott are saying to Australians 'we're actually going to hide from you what our real plans are until after the election.' Senator Wong said coalition governments in Queensland and elsewhere had always "cut too hard and cut in the wrong places." Mr Hockey used his budget reply on Wednesday to commit to fiscal repair, debt reduction and a return to surplus "as quickly as possible."