Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Given the minister described the blowout in the impact of the cash refundability of the imputation credits—which is now upwards of $5 billion—as 'not that much at all', is it any wonder that, under this minister, the deficit has blown out eightfold to $23.6 billion, net debt has doubled to $350 billion and gross debt has reached the highest level in the nation's history, crashing through half a trillion dollars?