Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. The government's own budget papers show that the Treasurer has doubled the deficit since his last budget. Isn't it the case that spending as a percentage of the economy has gone up under this government and, in the first two budget years of the Abbott government, spending is expected to be near global financial crisis levels? Isn't it the case that the Treasurer has lost control of his budget while doubling the budget deficit?

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