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

The acknowledgement that people are doing it tough is important, and I think there's a consensus on that. The difference is: the choice that we have to make here is helping people or harming people, and we're helping people. We're doing that in the face of deeply irresponsible and deeply divisive opposition from the Liberal and National parties. We will continue to help people where we responsibly can, rather than acknowledge but then ignore the pressures that people are under.

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