Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

What we have done is set a new debt limit in accordance with the regulations in the legislation that is required and that has been tabled in the ordinary course of events. The government will always seek to ensure that the government has lower debt than it otherwise might have. Those opposite are the authors of the debt we have today. They are the initiators of the debt we have today, because they set fire to the budget and have poured petrol on it in opposition.

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