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Australia’s national debt: Former Treasurer Peter Costello tells Labor to ‘get spending under control’
In 2006, then Treasurer Peter Costello celebrated Australia becoming debt-free. Now, 20 years on, he has issued a warning as the country’s national debt nears $1 trillion.