Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

What we look at when we look at this portfolio is very rapid growth over time. A decade ago, the portfolio had $83 billion worth of expenditure. Today, it has $154 billion worth of expenditure. In 2026, that will rise to $277 billion worth of expenditure. The difficulty is that you pretend that there is no need for expenditure restraint—none. What you have said and what everyone here has to realise—

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