Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The member raises questions around the cost of living. In the three years since I was elected Prime Minister, inflation has grown by 1.8 per cent. That compares, in the last three years of the Labor government, to 2.5 per cent. Electricity prices have fallen on average each year by 3.2 per cent, and, under Labor in their last three years, they increased each year by 12.2 per cent. And, over the course of their government, electricity prices doubled because of their mismanagement.

Clothing and footwear costs over the course of last three years have fallen by one per cent on average each year, compared to a 0.4 per cent increase under the Labor Party in their last three years. Fuel prices over the last three years have increased by 1.2 per cent per year—

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