Labor's reliance on government spending and employment a ‘detriment' to economy ‘as a whole'
'We have one chance here to turn the ship around and start to get things heading in the right direction and the meeting next month is the launch pad for that,' Mr Willox told Sky News Australia.
'What we have seen over the past 18 months is a clear rise in government spending, a clear rise in government employment, to the detriment of the economy as a whole and to the detriment of our national productivity and our national wealth.'
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