Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's comment in May 2012 with regard to debt ceiling legislation. He said then:

The Government should be forced to specifically justify this, not to just sweep it under the carpet …

Given what was said then, Prime Minister, why won't the government come clean with the Australian people, release the budget update and specifically justify why you are increasing the debt cap to half a trillion dollars?

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