
Wayne Swan delivered his fifth budget, and again, we are seeing a further increase in debt. Through accounting tricks and shuffling money between months and years, the Treasurer is making a false claim about having turned around his record of debt and deficit.

Here we have it again: another year, another increase in borrowings; another year, yet more put on the national credit card.

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Friday, 21 October 2011.
Senator Scott Ryan highlighted another example of waste when he revealed his staff were not allowed to purchase a plastic floormat to save the carpet without undergoing an expensive ergonomic test in the article Wheel clamp on mats.
Friday, 21 October 2011.
Senator Scott Ryan’s questions about Dr Ken Henry’s possible conflict of interest were raised in The Courier Mail in the article Opposition questions Ken Henry’s ‘conflict-of-interest’ role.
Friday, 21 October 2011.
Senator Scott Ryan’s questions about Dr Ken Henry’s possible conflict of interest were raised by The Australian Financial Review’s David Crowe in the article Questions raised on Henry’s exclusivity.