Sid Sidebottom (Braddon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Meanwhile, the Leader of the Opposition and all those that support him, like the member for Riverina, continue to crow about the government debt. At the same time they oppose fair and reasonable savings measures like changes to the private health insurance rebate and the seniors health card. What level of debt he and they would incur of course remains unanswered.

Well, you cannot have it both ways. Tough economic times require that responsible governments make tough economic decisions, and that is exactly what the Rudd Labor government is all about. Today’s figures demonstrate that we are indeed doing the right thing by this economy. That is why we have the good and positive growth figures that we have today. We are very proud of that, but there is a lot more work to do.

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