Senate debates
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Questions without Notice
Cost of Living
2:26 pm
Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source
After just two years under Labor, food is up 11.4 per cent, housing is up 14 per cent, rent is up 14.2 per cent, electricity is up 21.5 per cent, gas is up 22.2 per cent, health is up 11.1 per cent, education is up 10.9 per cent and insurance is up 16.2 per cent. They have spent an additional $30,000 per household with nothing to show for it except stubborn, homegrown inflation and rising rates. Minister, what do you say to Australians who say you are to blame— (Time expired)
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