Senate debates
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Questions without Notice
Economy
2:51 pm
Dave Sharma (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs) | Hansard source
Minister, the medium-term budget outlook shows that interest expenses are one of the fastest-growing areas of government spending. Will the Prime Minister and your government continue to irresponsibly add to this by continuing to increase the national debt over the forward estimates, as the budget papers show?
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