Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow Treasurer for that question, because we always have good conversations about good public policy in our caucus, and we certainly had a good discussion yesterday. I think everybody in our caucus is absolutely proud of the fact that Standard & Poor's has reaffirmed our AAA rating—our gold-plated AAA rating—with a stable outlook. Think about that for a moment. There are only seven countries that have that rating.

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