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Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese wears black glasses in front of a red background. Verdict: WRONG with a red cross

Stack of several thousand dollars of Australian $50 notes showing Edith Cowan

Katy Gallagher looks on as Jim Chalmers speaks at a lectern

Two annotated bar charts showing the history of debt and deficit as a proportion of GDP. There is a sharp peak during WWII

"Instead, I think analysis of the performance of the governments has to be about whether they increased spending by the right amount and whether the increased spending contributed effectively to Australia's economic performance."

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