Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We saw a few weeks ago the spectacle of the honourable member for Greenway saying that increasing interest rates are not a big issue in her electorate. I am not sure where she has been, but she has not been in her electorate if she says they are not a big issue.

And the honourable member for Lindsay is in the chamber; she said it was not yet time to press the panic button. It is time to press the action button. But the honourable member for Macarthur, who I am glad has joined us, and the honourable member for Macquarie have been struck dumb. They should be telling the Prime Minister to do the things that the RBA, the Reserve Bank, say need to be done to put downward pressure on interest rates.

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