House debates Questions without Notice

Family Payments

Thursday, 15 October 2015 House of Representatives

Christian Porter

Christian Porter Pearce, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services

2:12 pm

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—

Opposition members interjecting—

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