House debates Questions without Notice

Taxation

Monday, 26 October 2026 House of Representatives

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

2:32 pm

And when it comes to the interjections about government spending, well, the truth is that we have a smaller budget deficit as a percentage of GDP than the entire G7, the major economies of the world—Japan, Canada, Italy, the UK, Germany, France and the United States. So what we will do is continue to work each and every day. We'll continue to engage with small business. The member didn't say what the small business is that his constituents have, so I'm not sure of the circumstances in which they find themselves. But what I do know is that small-business people take risks, they invest and they make a positive difference to this country, and I applaud each and every one of them.

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