Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

We had $10 billion in interest payments that we did not have to pay anymore when we finally paid off the debt that those opposite left us. When we finally paid off the debt of a predecessor of the member for Blaxland, we could finally start investing that $10 billion. And the amount of money that is being ushered out to Australian families in the next couple of weeks is coincidentally $10.4 billion—exactly the same amount as we were paying in interest each year. So, if you are talking about 2003-04, we are talking about economic credibility.

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