Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

According to Westpac, household sentiment is stuck at recessionary levels, and NAB's Monthly Business Survey finds business confidence is diving. We're nearly halfway through 2023. I don't think we're halfway to 'a better capitalism, uniquely Australian'. Stop writing pretentious essays, Treasurer. Get on with the key bits of your day job: get the cost of living down, get energy costs down, get interest rates down and get inflation down.

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