Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

As a consequence of that, every dollar that has been borrowed overseas is owned by the private sector. In fact, if you break it down, 80 per cent of the foreign borrowings of Australia are held by the commercial banks—that is, foreign debt is held by Westpac, the National Australia Bank, ANZ and the Commonwealth Bank.

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