Senate debates

Thursday, 28 November 2024

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:52 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source

I'm a little confused by the question about student debt. Certainly, student debt features in the debt figures. I wasn't aware—and I might be wrong—that there had been a change in the accounting treatment of student debt. But what would I say to you is that I'm not sure that Mr Richardson's question—if you have correctly said that, it probably applies to both sides of politics. But what I would say to you is, if the test is commerciality, if the test is that it should be commercial spending, how do you propose to make sure that your nuclear spend could even be funded off budget? I mean, $600 billion—

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