Andrew Bragg (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Labor wants to talk about the 'Morrison recession'. I received an email this morning from Jim Chalmers saying there was a Morrison recession. But of course, that means Mr Chalmers hasn't heard about the coronavirus pandemic which is sweeping the globe. If he had read the budget papers last night, Mr Chalmers would have seen that our economy shrunk by seven per cent in the June quarter. But that compares to a 20 per cent reduction in the UK and a 12 per cent reduction in New Zealand.

So who is Labor's economic team? Let's go through a couple of these very interesting characters. The first is Mr Chalmers. Let's call him 'Tweedle Dee'. He is interested in the leadership. He's breathing down the neck of Mr Albanese. There's a puff piece in The Australian.