Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

That is an outstanding question from an outstanding member. The member for Reid has asked me more questions about the economy in the last two minutes than the shadow Treasurer has asked me for more than two months, so I appreciate the question.

The cost-of-living pressures that people are confronting are the No. 1 priority of this government because we understand people are doing it tough. Ever since rates and inflation started rising, before the election, we have understood that the conflicts in Europe and now in the Middle East have impacted energy prices around the world.

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