‘Spendathon': Labor government criticised for ‘exploding' debt
'The issues that are relevant to the Australian people and the reason why people vote for the Coalition in the first place, which is superior economic management, a better tax policy, smaller government, lower regulations,' Mr Kroger told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
'We just get lost in a bidding war, well you're never going to win a spendathon against Labor, that's the exact opposite of what we stand for.
'We are at $1.2 trillion in debt federally, we've got $270 billion worth of gross debt in Victoria in four years time.
'The world is exploding in debt, sooner or later our kids are going to have to pay for this.'
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