Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Few people are less qualified to give lectures on debt than the Leader of the Opposition. He went to an election and he promised more debt—$16½ billion more debt. Not content with leaving the coalition with unsustainable spending—and then in opposition opposing almost every attempt to rein it back—he then goes into an election campaign and says he will have higher taxes, higher spending and more debt. And now he appears to be shocked and surprised by the fact that debt is growing. Well, what is his plan for it? More debt. That is what the Leader of the Opposition says. No doubt, he is concerned that the debt is not growing fast enough—because everything he did was to make it grow. He added to the debt and he went to an election—

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