Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to his statement earlier in question time:

I think is very important that we have a debate about economic policy based on the facts, and the facts are these: expenditure as a percentage of GDP is the lowest it has been in almost 30 years.

Given that his own latest published budget figures state that on six occasions in the last 30 years, expenditure as a percentage of GDP has been less than what it is this year, how can we have a serious debate about the facts when the Treasurer himself does not get the most basic facts right?

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