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Economist Saul Eslake says there is “no principle” of public finance or economics which states the “optimal level” of government debt is zero amid concerns about the nation’s projected $980 billion debt by 2024/25. “Australia’s somewhat unusual in that we have had some years in our recent history when net debt has been zero or indeed even negative,” he said.
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SaulEslake So what happened to the Debt and Deficit Crisis that so triggered the LNP when Labor was in power?