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

The question is 'why'; what you'll see tonight is 'what'. You'll see a government that's absolutely committed to providing cost-of-living relief for people who are most vulnerable and who need it. That's what you'll see tonight, and you'll see it in a way that puts downward pressure on inflation and doesn't increase it. That's what a responsible government, dealing with the global challenge of inflation, is bound to do. And what we will do as well going forward is make sure that we are focused on that short term, but always with an eye and a strategy for the medium and long term. That's what our policy on climate is about, cheaper, cleaner energy driving new industries, driving new manufacturing, along with our skills policy to provide people with the employment to do it. That's the 'what'. Indeed, those opposite are so focused on themselves, when they look at each other they just ask themselves, 'Why indeed?'

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