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

Unlike the former government, we do understand the pressure that's on households in all of the areas which you just mentioned. Can I say what this government, the Albanese government, is doing is putting downward pressure on all of those cost-of-living issues. Remember this: when you had the opportunity to put a cap on gas that would push electricity prices down, what did you do? You voted against it.

One issue that you've mentioned is wages. What has this government being doing? Finally, we're getting some movement in wages, which your government—don't you remember Senator Cormann? He said it was part of your economic strategy to keep wages low. This government is all about trying to deal with the issue of cost of living, to push up wages and to assist those hardworking Australians— (Time expired)