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

I thank Senator Polley for that very good question. These are the issues before the ERC, and I do note that the only way to wake up the opposition is to say something nice about what's happening or something good about the economy. All of a sudden, awake they go. Whoa! I haven't heard a peep out of them, and then, whoa, they're awake! They just can't bear it, can they? Gross debt lower, real spending growth lower, inflation lower, the first surplus in 15 years, wage growth higher, jobs growth higher—that really gets them going.

Labor is the party of good economic management. Our record proves this—