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

():  I don't accept a lot of what was in that question at all, and it was factually incorrect. The highest-spending government was the Howard government, and it was not to be outdone by the COVID spending that occurred. Let's be honest here: in relation to government spending, we have found $114 billion dollars worth of savings. When you sat in the cabinet room, Senator McKenzie, I don't think you found 20 cents, to be honest.