Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

In question time today I asked the Prime Minister about the more than 25,000 businesses in Australia that have gone insolvent since he became Prime Minister, with 1,364 going bust in the last month alone. In response the Prime Minister said, 'The facts are just wrong that the deputy leader has put forward.' The data I was quoting from is ASIC data. It is not my word or the Prime Minister's word; it is not Labor's word or the Liberals' word. It is ASIC data. It is not wrong; it is correct. The Prime Minister should now update the House at the first available opportunity to correct the mistake, as standing orders prescribe. To help the Prime Minister, I seek leave to table the ASIC data, which spells out the numbers for every quarter on record.

Leave not granted.

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