Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Rankin for his question, because it gives us the opportunity to reflect on the work he did when he was working for the member for Lilley, then Treasurer. One of my colleagues has said he was the member for Lilley's brain. Now, I think that is harsh. That reflects poorly on each of them, so I dissociate myself from that.

This is how Labor was responsible for running up that debt: failed border protection policies, abandoning the security of our borders—a $14 billion blowout.

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