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

My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the last election, the Prime Minister described the Greens as 'economic fringe dwellers'. Before the last election, the Treasurer said:

… if debt is the problem, more debt is not the answer.

So now will the Prime Minister rule out doing a deal with the 'economic fringe dwellers' to scrap the debt cap, or will the coalition say one thing before an election and do the exact opposite afterwards?

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