Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We inherited an economy characterised by high and rising inflation, flat and falling real wages and productivity paralysis. That is your record. We also inherited a budget with a trillion dollars of debt, deficits as far as the eye can see and billions of dollars trapped in the way of the National Party—and I hope that that keeps your coalition together. That's your record. We're not going to stand here and be lectured by you guys about any cost-of-living prices, considering we're the ones dealing with the mess that you left us, and you abandoned Australia in the process.