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

Thank you to the wonderful member for Lingiari for her question. We are working for Australia to take the pressure off Australians, to strengthen Medicare and to build a future made in Australia in a world of churn and change. We know that people are still doing it very tough because of persistent inflation, higher interest rates and global uncertainty, and this is slowing our economy in expected ways, and we did see that in yesterday's national accounts.

We aren't just acknowledging this; we are acting on it, with a combination of cost-of-living help, budget repair and investing in housing, energy and skills.

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