Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt says state debt will hit $81 billion over the next term of government, but insists it’s not a problem for the state’s economy.
It comes as a poll of six marginal electorates ahead of the November 25 Election Day finds voters believe the Liberal National Party are better economic managers than Labor.
Mr Pit joined Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk on the campaign hustings in Cairns and, in response to media questions, admitted debt was forecast to go up in the next three years.
But he insisted the solution was to maintain a good debt-to-revenue ratio, and growing the economy would help to ease the billion-dollar burden.
“There is no case in Queensland where you will ever see zero debt, let’s be …
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