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

I think is very important that we have a debate about economic policy based on the facts, and the facts are these: expenditure as a percentage of GDP is the lowest it has been in almost 30 years. The fact is that tax to GDP is quite low at the moment, far lower than it was under them—the highest taxing government in Australian history. Now, Sloppy Joe over there has made up this new figure claiming that the—

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