Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Casey for his question. The fact is that we are taking action to address cost-of-living pressures. We know that inflation is causing pressures in households in the member's electorate and in electorates right around Australia. That's why we've introduced cheaper medicines, why we're having cheaper child care, why we've got fee-free TAFE—and I've certainly visited the TAFE areas in the member's electorate, in fact, in the past and know the good work that they do.

I'll tell you what we won't do, though. What we will do as a Labor government is always protect people who are vulnerable, and that stands in stark contrast to what those opposite did, which was to establish an illegal scheme, robodebt, which attacked the most vulnerable. That's the contrast between this government and the former government. Sandra Bevan, who appeared at the royal commission, is a single mum of four sons who received a $3,000 Centrelink debt letter—

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