Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, your latest budget was widely criticised by respected economists for its inflationary spending, with Chris Richardson saying at the time: 'My big ask of the budget was that it didn't poke the inflationary bear. I don't think it passed that test.' Will you finally now admit that, after three budgets, your government has failed the inflationary test and made life harder for Australians by keeping rates higher for longer?