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

I hope the honourable member told Jess and Russell that he didn't want them to get any help with their electricity bills. I hope he told Jess and Russell that he thought they should get a smaller tax cut. And I hope he told Jess and Russell that he thought medicines should be more expensive, that early childhood should be more expensive, that there should be less help with rent and that they should be paid less; they should work longer for less. I hope he explained all of that to his constituents. If he didn't, he's not being especially honest. He doesn't get to wander around his electorate, in that beautiful part of South-East Queensland, and pretend that he cares about the cost of living and then come here and not support cost-of-living help. You don't get to wander around the Redlands, that stunning part of South-East Queensland, and nod your head when people tell you they're doing it tough and then come here and vote against helping them.

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