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

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The cost-of-living committee held more than 20 hearings across Australia. It received more than 1,500 submissions and responses to the community survey throughout its inquiry into the cost-of-living crisis. The overwhelming evidence is that Australians are poorer than they were 2½ years ago and we are in a national cost-of-living crisis. Will the government adopt the cost-of-living committee's recommendation to convene the National Cabinet to address the excessive government spending that is keeping interest rates higher for longer?