Senate debates
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Economy
2:48 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) | Hansard source
I thank Senator Sharma for the question, and I would make two points. The first is the government is transparent on the nature and extent of government debt. The second point is that, if the coalition had stayed in power, debt would have crossed the trillion dollar mark three years ago. If you had been in charge, gross debt would be nudging $1.2 trillion so—
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