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

Those comments were relating to the fact that the economy is growing overall. Again, I would say—and those opposite know this, because they handed government over in this state—that the quarter with the highest inflation happened under your watch.

That's what happened. Let's not just pretend—the way the question was placed was that this happened under Labor. The highest inflation started under your government. The interest rate increases started under your government. The interest rate increases to deal with the high inflation started under you. That is the truth, okay? And we are dealing with it, just like we're dealing with every other area of government that you left in disarray through your disinterest and your disunity. You neglected your role as the government in charge, and we are fixing up every single area of government we inherited.