House debates

Monday, 9 February 2026

Questions without Notice

Economy

3:20 pm

Photo of Jim ChalmersJim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I answered this question when the member for Cook asked it a moment ago. The member for Casey is making the same mistake that the member for Cook made and the member for Fairfax made as well. That is to conflate two very different things. Now, if the member for Casey was listening a moment ago to my answer to the member for Cook, he would have heard me say that 'public is part of aggregate demand' is not contested by anyone. The question is whether the—

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