Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Hughes for her question and the opportunity to talk again about what a terrific job our Prime Minister is doing. When he's not progressing the issue of recognition of an Indigenous Voice to this parliament he's of course dealing with all the issues that, regrettably, the former government—your government, the government that you were part of, Senator Hughes—simply failed to do.

So, bit by bit, we're trying to restore the Australian economy, to deal with all those serious cost-of-living pressures that every family is facing at the moment because of your neglect of things like an energy policy and like dealing with climate change. Each day the Prime Minister wakes up and thinks, 'How can I help Australian families to reduce and push down the cost of living for hardworking Australian families?' That's what this Prime Minister is focused on—not on picking up other ministries from members of his cabinet, but dealing with the serious issues that are facing Australian people as a result of those nine or 10 years of neglect under your former government.