Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I will come back to the chamber if there is further information I can provide. Obviously we are going through a range of decisions at the moment through the budget process. I would also point out that the budget is in a terrible state, as I've been trying to make clear in all the public statements I've been making about the budget. Whilst there are a whole range of things and a whole range of stakeholders who would like us to invest more, to spend more and to support them during some of the increases in costs that they are experiencing, we have to balance that with the fact that you guys busted the budget. You doubled the debt before the pandemic. You failed to fund ongoing programs that are ongoing. And we will have to deal with that. (Time expired)