Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

We are tabling this afternoon an updated statement of Australian government debt. Now, given the question's been asked, I'll table it now. I'll make sure that—here we are. Let me tell you: it is much less than it would have been if we hadn't fixed your budget mess because, you know what, we are in the middle of a pandemic. Everyone, other than the Labor Party, understands this. Yes, we've had to spend a lot of money in the last few months in order to support the economy, to support business, to support jobs, to support those Australians who lost their job. There is a context to this. But let me tell you: we went into—

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