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

We have been very clear in the lead-up to the budget and in the decisions taken, which are outlined in the budget paper, that we see dealing with the inflation challenge in the economy as a priority. As to decisions the Reserve Bank may make, we don't foreshadow those. We leave that for the independent bank to make those decisions. We never try and get ahead and say what we think it should do, what its decisions will be. It is independent of government for important reasons, and I think that was something the opposition has previously accepted. In terms of the inflation forecast—