Bert Van Manen (Forde, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

With less than 12 months to go until the election, it's worth having a bit of a review of what this government promised in the lead-up to the election and what it's promised since to see whether it's actually achieved any of those outcomes. The Leader of the Opposition last week asked the Prime Minister a question about reduced costs for working families and what else he's delivered on, and the Prime Minister went off on a tangent that addressed none of the questions that the Leader of the Opposition asked.

So let's review what this government has actually achieved in its two years in office. It has achieved 12 interest rate increases, a 22 per cent surge in electricity prices and an 11 per cent or more jump in the cost of food and groceries. It's very different from what the Prime Minister promised in the lead-up to the election. One of the things that the Prime Minister did say in his response to the Leader of the Opposition's question last week was that they delivered cheaper childcare. It's good to see the shadow childcare minister at the table, because she can readily confirm that out-of-pocket childcare costs have actually increased by 8.4 per cent in the last six months. Australians are working harder than ever to make ends meet, and once again the Prime Minister fails to acknowledge the costs of his government's failure.