House debates Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009

Consideration in Detail

Wednesday, 18 June 2008 House of Representatives

Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation

5:16 pm

My question to the minister is as follows. Minister, the 2008-09 budget historic series shows real spending growth deflated by the consumer price index. Previously, the non-farm GDP deflator was used. Why has the CPI been used, given that a large amount of government spending is not included in the CPI basket?

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