Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

As far as the IMF is concerned, it is the Rudd government that has ensured that Australia has the lowest level of government debt of all the advanced economies in the world. Of course, there is some nostalgia on the other side for Mr Costello. Where is he? Where is Mr Costello? He has been replaced by Senator Joyce. He has been replaced by Mr Hockey and Mr Abbott, who thinks economics is boring. So where is he, for those on the other side who are revelling in their nostalgia? I can tell you one thing: I will give Mr Costello a compliment. If you look at Senator Joyce, if you look at Mr Hockey and if you look at Mr Abbott, Mr Costello is a three-time winner of the Nobel Prize for Economics. I will give you that, but where is he? Revel in your nostalgia, and look at what has replaced him. (Time expired)