Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the question. We have just had our AAA rating reaffirmed, based on the fiscal discipline that this government has shown and what we are publishing in our budgets. They have confirmed that it is our strong fiscal discipline that has underpinned their rating. They have pointed to our low public debt. They have pointed to our economic resilience. He can say anything he likes, but he cannot jump that hurdle, because this government has done the hard yards. We will continue to do the hard yards to support jobs, whereas those on the other side of the House want to take the axe to public spending—like they are doing in Queensland, like they are doing right up the eastern seaboard. There is a very clear contrast here.

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