Tony Smith (Casey, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I ask the Minister for Finance and Deregulation whether he could detail, given this is a consideration in detail, the cumulative interest costs on the government’s total debt over the forward years? What does he think the total of those interest costs will be on the government’s projections?

A division having been called in the House of Representatives—

Before the division in the House I asked the minister in this consideration in detail stage whether he could outline in detail the cumulative interest costs on the government’s debt in all of the forward years until it is finally paid off. Could he outline that year by year, preferably; but to start with could he give us a cumulative interest cost?

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