Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Can the Prime Minister confirm that the final budget outcome figures provided by the Treasurer earlier in question time mean that, compared to when the government came to office, the deficit had blown out by $14 billion and net debt by $26 billion? Why do the government not acknowledge that from budget to budget they have doubled the deficit and that net debt has continued to rise?

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