Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

What I'm comparing is the growth that we've seen in today's national accounts with what would have happened had we not been elected. So, yes, I accept responsibility, to go directly to the question of what we have put in place. But, two days beforehand, the then shadow Treasurer and shadow finance minister's plan—it was hidden, of course, a bit like they tried to hide their election review. If most Australians had known that all these cuts were there, including cutting production tax credits for the resources sector and cutting the Housing Australia Future Fund—we all know they wanted to cut the income tax cuts that we put in place. But what is absolutely extraordinary is that the then shadow economic ministers, the now Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition, managed to do all that—and here's the kicker—with bigger deficits over two years, and more debt.

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