Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

That means that debt is now coming down. It will fall, as the budget was saying, by some $50 billion over the forward estimates.

I will tell you why I talk about Labor. It is because I don't think that we should ever return to the reckless policies of the Labor Party when it comes to the budget and anything else. Australians know the mistakes that Labor made when they were last in power, and the reason we are talking about Labor is that the shadow Treasurer wants those policies reintroduced. In that wonderful book that the shadow Treasurer often quotes, Glory Daze, he talked about—

Mr Albanese interjecting—

He asked me about Labor.

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