Senate debates

Monday, 18 March 2024

Questions without Notice

Cost Of Living

4:28 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

We've said all along that what we want is a fair deal for families and a fair go for farmers. While we've had a laser-like focus on the cost of living in this government, what have the Liberal and National parties focused on? Firstly, rolling out the most expensive energy policy in the history of our country, which would put experimental nuclear reactors in cyclone-prone areas, driving power prices up. Secondly, they're too busy promoting Putin-backing extremists who say that gender is a grievance narrative to the top of their Senate tickets. And, of course, they're not coming clean on whether they'll keep Labor's tax cuts if they ever are elected. But they're not alone in being distracted or divisive; the Greens political party, whose housing spokesperson told the ABC's Insiders program that we have enough homes in this country—tell that to those living in West End in tents.

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