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

What the Prime Minister and the government does is recognise that there has been a war in Ukraine, in case you hadn't noticed, that has an effect on inflation; that the worst quarter of inflation was actually in the quarter you departed government and we came in—

Hono urable senators interjecting—

I'm just putting the facts there. You can accept the facts there. That's the economic environment we inherited. Every single day since then we have been working to make sure we put downward pressure on inflation, recognising that families are doing it tough, recognising that Australians are doing it tough and looking at those areas where we can make a difference. Whether it be child care, whether it be cheaper medicines, whether it be energy bill relief, whether it be getting the Housing Australia Future Fund up so we can start reinvesting in social housing after the Commonwealth left it and abandoned it for the last decade—that's what we have been doing and it's what we'll continue to do.