. Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey megingatkan government shutdown ( shutdown ) United States ala will happen in Australia if not the opposition Labour Party agreed boosts the debt ceiling limit to 500 billion Australian dollars .
Australia current ceiling limit of 300 billion Australian dollars will be reached on December 12 , but the bill that passed the House last Wednesday night stuck in the Senate .
Labour Party and the Green Party who control the Senate only wanted to raise the debt ceiling limit of $ 400 billion , but the government of Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the amount was not enough .
" If the Labor Party to prevent raising the debt limit , there is no choice but to start cutting the massive government spending because the government ran out of money lending , " said Hockey . " They 're playing a game that is not responsible . "
Hockey told parliament yesterday that the government may have to stop paying welfare and health budgets if not raised the debt limit agreement .
" Labour is now playing a game of Russian roulette , " he said as quoted by AFP .
Chris Bowen accused the Opposition turned Hockey behave like a B grade actor , saying $ 400 billion debt limit Australia 's enough .
" We will not give a blank check to half a trillion dollars ( Australian ) , " said Bowen .
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