Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I formally congratulate you on your appointment, and I also congratulate Senator Ferguson. I think we are very well served by senators of the calibre that we have elected today.

I ask a question of the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. Does the government agree that, as a general rule, price increases fuel inflationary pressures?