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

say that the decision that this government has made is wrong and, therefore, the original position should have remained in place. If you do that, you will vote against this legislation and you will commit, as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition did, to roll it back. Unless you do that, you're not fair dinkum; it's all about politics, it's all just wind.

We on this side of the House recognised that when economic circumstances changed we were in a position—as Senator Hume called upon us to do—to help people through. That is precisely what we have done in a way that will also—as the Reserve Bank Governor confirmed yesterday—be consistent with the need to continue to put that pressure on inflation in order to continue to see it go down, as we have been doing. We have undertaken this measure because it was the right decision done for the right reasons at the right time.

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