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

I fear that someone who didn't like you wrote that question, Senator Cash. How could you possibly put that to us when you oppose the billions of dollars we want to flow through the budget to give households energy bill relief? It is staggering those who opposed it in December, and we will make sure that, all the way to the next election, everyone knows that we came to the parliament and said, 'Here's $1 ½ billion we would like to distribute to households and businesses across Australia to assist with some of the increases in energy prices,' and the 'no-alition' said no. It said, 'You know what, no, you don't deserve it; you don't deserve this cost-of-living relief.' Then you have the hide to come in here and ask about what we're doing about cost-of-living relief on energy bills. Well, thank you very much for that dorothy, Senator Cash. (Time expired)