QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator CASH (Western Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:42): Can the Prime Minister confirm his government owns one of the biggest crashes in government finances in history, from a surplus last year to a $43 billion deficit next year and a record debt of more than $1 trillion next year? Given this sea of deficits in the future and an intensifying cost-of-living crisis, how can Australians possibly afford another three years of Labor?