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

Our focus every day is on how we can work to bring costs down, get wages up and keep inflation where it should be; cracking down on dodgy pricing and unfair charges, whether it's online or at the supermarket; and delivering new rights and better bargaining for workers across the country—something I'm sure Senator Cash would be happy about! And, if we are re-elected, we will slash student debts by a further 20 per cent.

By contrast, Mr Dutton and those opposite have no positive plan. But he does have a lot of secret cuts. That's because the Liberals and the Nationals have spent every day saying no to cost-of-living relief. They are arrogant enough to think that they got nothing wrong during their wasted decade in government and they're reckless enough to inflict it on Australia all over again. This isn't a time for cuts, but that's what Mr Dutton would have in store for Australians.