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

There was a lot in that! I give credit to you, Senator McKim, for managing to squash that into 30 seconds! We covered a whole range of issues there. I do not accept the points made—the negative reflections on our motivations around self-interest. We wanted to change the government. We managed to change the government. We think that is good for the country, in that we are now able to implement all of the policies that we took, such as our positive policies around climate, dealing with those issues that you've been interested and involved in for some time. We are in government, we are dealing with the inflation challenge and we are dealing with some significant budget pressures. We've got to focus on households and cost of living, easing cost-of-living pressures where we can, where it doesn't add to inflation and doesn't make the job of the Reserve Bank harder. This is the job that the Treasurer and I do every day, day in, day out.