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

The shadow minister for communications, in just a 17-minute speech, failed to talk about the National Broadband Network. And it's not surprising, because their record is so shocking when it comes to that. But he also had the temerity to suggest that the government should be doing cost-of-living measures. Cost-of-living measures that have been brought forward by this government have all been opposed by the opposition of which he is a part.

We brought forward measures to give tax cuts to all Australians. They said there should be an election over it. We brought forward energy price relief. They opposed it. We put caps on gas and coal prices. They rejected it and said that that was 'command economy' and taking over from where the market should be left alone. We brought forward cheaper medicines. They said it would ruin the pharmacy industry.

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