澳大利亞國(guó)庫部秘書長(zhǎng)帕金森表示,隨著持續(xù)十年的資源經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮期結(jié)束,澳經(jīng)濟(jì)前景正在惡化,現(xiàn)在將法定債務(wù)上限從3000億澳元提高至5000億澳元是審慎之舉。帕金森認(rèn)為,自大選前發(fā)布經(jīng)濟(jì)預(yù)期以來,澳經(jīng)濟(jì)前景已經(jīng)惡化。大選前,澳本財(cái)年經(jīng)濟(jì)增幅預(yù)期被下調(diào)至2.5%,5月份預(yù)算案中給出的預(yù)期為2.75%。