Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Oh! ‘$25 billion less,’ they say and then they refuse to back $22 billion worth of savings. So Joe’s position is this. You have a $275 billion Liberal deficit and debt strategy, add $22 billion worth of savings forgone and that equals a $300 billion debt and deficit strategy. That is the Hockey doctrine of two weeks ago. The Turnbull doctrine today says it is not about a specific number. Is it any wonder that nobody actually attaches any credibility whatsoever to this scare campaign on debt and deficit? The opposition have one single objective in mind. The government is building the economy up; the Liberals are seeking to talk the economy down.

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