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

I thank Senator Bragg for the question. If you look at the data in annual terms, private demand grew faster than public demand, and it has been shown not only in the national accounts but in other economic data as well.

I would also point out to Senator Bragg, considering that they were going to have deeper deficits and higher debt under their plan for the economy that they took to the election, that, if we take your concern and apply it to the policies you took to the last election, then we would be in a much worse position.