"...The Howard government took 10 years to pay down the $96...

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    "...The Howard government took 10 years to pay down the $96 billion net debt inherited from Labor in 1996.'..."

    Correction

    Part of the $96b debt was Howard's debt in the first place.


    Howard sold assets of $72b, so Howard only paid off $24b of debt over 10 years.

 
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