Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Let me list the ways in which this government is working to help with the cost of living because we understand how difficult life is for so many Australians and our responsibility to deliver practical assistance. We're delivering $23 billion in assistance for cost-of-living relief to Australians in electricity bill relief, so famously opposed by every single one of those opposite. The interjections might be loud, but the truth is they voted against energy price relief. We're delivering cheaper childcare, also opposed; increased rental assistance; more Medicare bulk-billing; cheaper medicines, opposed on at least six occasions; boosting of income support payments; fee-free TAFE; building more affordable homes; expanding paid parental leave; and getting wages moving again. This government has delivered the first budget surplus in 15 years. Talk about working to put downward pressure on inflation; that is what we're doing. (Time expired)