Senate debates

Tuesday, 8 August 2023

Questions without Notice

Cost of Living

2:06 pm

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

No, that's not correct. Those opposite will understand—and I think Australians will understand—that the Albanese government governs in the national interest, not in the secular interests of the Liberal Party, which was what the arrangement was under the former government. We have got wages moving. We are implementing cheaper medicines, strengthening Medicare, energy price relief plans, support for vulnerable Australians, cheaper child care, extending paid parental leave, more affordable housing, fee-free TAFE. And we've been doing that despite the best efforts of those opposite to say 'no' to everything. They say 'no to absolutely everything. Any policy which addresses cost-of-living pressures, those opposite say nothing and then they come in here and whinge about it. You're so irrelevant.

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