Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The logic of Senator Birmingham's question is: 'We didn't like it, and we voted against it in the first place, but now we're having a go at you because it's not ongoing.' That's the logic: 'We didn't vote for it the first time, but now we're going to have a go at you because it ends.' You didn't want it in the first place. This shows the hypocrisy of the opposition, who come in here and seek to play a bit of politics with cost of living but don't do anything other than oppose measures that this government seeks to put in place to assist Australians and their families with cost of living. You have no credibility on this issue, and Australians know it.

I ask that further questions be placed on notice.