Our Economy Allows Our Growth

It isn't only about spending money. Mr Howard might have chosen to have blown everything he has gained, and more, and there would not have been an appreciable lift in service performance. In fact, it is the NSW experience that profligate spending leads to poorer service.

One need only list the services to see how bad NSW has been.
Trains. Roads. Hospitals. Schools. Police. Ambulance. Add to which we have an irresponsive administration.

Yet in Federal services, we maintain a high immigration rate because people want to come here. The dollar is strong because of good management. Spending on service exceeds inflation. We pay people to own homes. We pay people to have babies. We allow unhealthy people to get better.