Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I never said that. I never said that. Debt as a percentage of GDP, which would have been 120 per cent under the policies of the former government, is about 60 per cent under the policies of this government. Now, that is too high. We want to get it in a much, much better situation than that. That is what I said. That is what I said, and the shadow Treasurer should not set out to mislead.

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