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

Thank you, President, and I would like to apologise to the Senate that I wasn't aware until Senator Paterson's question that I'd got the names of former prime minister Howard and former prime minister Morrison wrong. But the substance of the point I was making at the time was that the Morrison government was the highest-spending government. The Howard government was actually the highest-taxing government, and that was the mistake I made yesterday. I take my responsibilities seriously, so I've corrected the record. But the substance of the point I was making was correct.