Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Despite the minister's protests, it is much, much worse now. I have the figure. Productivity growth has fallen by 6.3 per cent in just two years, and now our private sector is retreating. How does the government expect the economy to grow sustainably without productivity improving? Or is your economic plan simply a Ponzi scheme based on neverending growth in government spending and subsidies?