Kelvin Thomson (Wills, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Bass just spent his entire speech railing against alliances with the Greens. I point out that before the election this government repeatedly said that, if debt is the problem, more debt is not the answer. But, after the election, what did they do? They did a deal with the Greens to legislate for an unlimited debt limit. I repeat: they entered into an unholy alliance with the Greens to legislate for an unlimited debt limit. Now they come before the House seeking approval for $14 billion in additional expenditure.

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