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

I thank Senator Walsh for the question. The Albanese Labor government's commitment to getting wages moving again is designed to put more money in the pockets of Australian workers and help people deal with the price pressures across the economy. It's why getting wages moving again was a key part and remains a key element of our $23 billion cost-of-living relief plan that's been carefully calibrated and designed to take the edge off some of the pressures that people are under, while not adding to the inflation challenge. In fact, what the ABS CPI data shows is that it actually shaved half a percentage point off inflation in the September quarter.

Of course, in addition to our focus on wages, we also have important cost-of-living measures like tripling the bulk-billing incentive, which started on 1 November to support 11.6 million eligible Australians to access a GP without out-of-pocket costs. (Time expired)