
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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Media Release — Tuesday, 25 January 2011.
News today that small businesses in Queensland are being blocked from accessing recovery is extremely disappointing.
Media Release — Wednesday, 1 December 2010.
The latest Sensis Business Index – Small and Medium Enterprises shows that support from small and medium enterprises for Federal Labor’s policies has continued its downward spiral since Labor took office in 2007. The latest update shows it has collapsed by 59pp.
Media Release — Thursday, 21 October 2010.
Figures released by the ABS today (cat. 8165.0) have confirmed Labor’s sustained attack on the small business sector is taking its toll on small business numbers and people in Australia.