Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, on the point of order: if your ruling is that it is not within this budget measure, I accept that. I accept that the finance minister refuses to answer questions about state debt. He refuses to talk about the inflationary impact of state government expenditure, particularly when they are ramping up significant debt. I accept that he refuses to answer that question.

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