Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I make reference to your earlier remarks and to the remarks you've repeated now, in relation to the essence of the question being in relation to core inflation, that if the Prime Minister makes some reference, even historic, to core inflation that would mean that he was in order. But the essence of this question is about whether the Prime Minister can confirm that core inflation went up today. The operative part, the most important part, of the question is: did core inflation go up today? The Prime Minister is not being relevant to that element. I think that is the question that is before you. If core inflation went up today, which is bad for consumers, that is the question we're asking, and that is the part that we believe the Prime Minister is not being relevant to.

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