Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I was putting the context around it, which is that those opposite seem very concerned about spending now. They didn't have the same concern when inflation was much higher and they were trying to win an election, where they tried to shovel out $40 billion worth of additional spending at a time when they knew inflation was a massive problem. That is what happened. When I look at the statistics of the spending, if we look at the percentage of GDP, it is much lower. In 2022-23, you were spending at 27.2 per cent. In Labor's 2024-25 budget, it was 24.5 per cent. (Time expired)