Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

As usual from our colleagues opposite, the contribution to this debate is plenty of words, again, lacking in substance. It is interesting to note that the member for Fraser says that they are spending $10 billion a year less as a percentage of GDP but their spending has actually gone up by $100 billion. The only reason the halt in real spending occurred is because they failed to put key spending measures such as the NBN on the budget. Again, it is just another example of smoke and mirrors and obfuscation.

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