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

As you might recall, Senator Hughes, I actually made sure I had the opportunity afterwards to say what I wanted to say, which is that, unlike those opposite, we don't need definitions to understand how hard it is that Australians are doing, which is why we are focused on the $23 billion worth of cost-of-living measures that we have put in place, so many of which you opposed and which are about assisting Australian families.

I would just make this point because there's been a lot of discussion about inflation: the statement of monetary policy that the RBA has released has confirmed what the ABS has previously said. Our cost-of-living measures have shaved half a percentage point off inflation.

You should listen to this. Remember what inflation was like under you? The ABS has said that our cost-of-living measures shaved half—