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

The disrespect actually is to vote against assistance to Australians and then come in and play politics with the fact that Australians are doing it tough. That is what the game plan is. I know there's a lot of arrogance on the other side. Mr Dutton, we know, is a very arrogant man. But if you're serious about helping in these jobs—if you're serious about trying to help people with the work that you're doing—then surely you should be trying to deliver the sort of relief that the government is. We understand how tough people are doing it. That is why we have worked hard to deliver cost-of-living relief while we are working hard to bring inflation down and to ensure wages continue to increase. I just make the point that those on the other side oppose cost-of-living relief and oppose higher wages. (Time expired)