House debates Questions without Notice

Economy

Thursday, 2 October 2014 House of Representatives

Chris Bowen

Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer

2:14 pm

My question is to the Treasurer. Why did the Treasurer say, in question time yesterday, that retail trade grew at 7.4 per cent over the past year when, in fact, it grew at 5.1 per cent? Why did the Treasurer mislead the House? Was the Treasurer being sloppy or dodgy with economic data?

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