A fiscal reality check

The Taxpayer’s Union has found:

• Total crown borrowing per household went from around $60k in 2017 to $120k in 2023
• The govt deficit per household is around $7,000 each
• Finance costs per household on crown debt gone from $2k in 2017 to $4k in 2023
• The number of public servants went from 48k to almost 63k

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