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

What I can confirm is that inflation is at a third of what it was at the election and is falling. What I can confirm is that real wages are growing again and living standards are rising again. What I can confirm is that we have recorded the lowest average unemployment rate of any government in 50 years.

I can also confirm that the priority of those opposite is not cost-of-living relief. It is not cost-of-living relief when it comes to energy bills. It is not tax cuts for every Australian. It is not rising wages. Do you know what their priority is? Long lunches for bosses which are funded by—let's be very clear—taxpayers. They're asking the cleaners, the teachers and the construction workers of this country to subsidise long lunches. That is the priority this Dutton coalition has. I think Australians are very clear about who has their backs and who does not. (Time expired)