Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I will get Phil Bowen, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, out—remembering, of course, that the Parliamentary Budget Office was established under Labor and the Greens. So what did the independent Parliamentary Budget Officer say when he was asked by a senator—it happened to be me—about very revealing—

Senator Conroy interjecting—

Senator Conroy, do you remember what Mr Bowen said? No—Senator Conroy would not remember what Mr Bowen said. Mr Bowen said that Australia's debt is increasing at the fastest rate of any OECD country.

Senator Conroy interjecting—