Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Well, thank you. I'll take the interjection from Senator Cash, who forecast a trillion dollars of debt in their budget. We are at $940 billion, and it is lower—$177 billion lower. But, importantly, we can see the choice that is on the table for Australians in this election. Those opposite are confused, leaking against each other, and don't actually know what they stand for, voting against tax cuts to top-up those important tax cuts they wanted to call an election on in July last year. Remember that? They hated those tax cuts so much that they wanted to call an election on them, and then they realised that households actually like them and welcome them, and then they went, 'Oh, alright, okay; well, we'll let that one through.' Now they're voting against our top-up tax cuts this time: cost-of-living relief, working hand in hand with tax cuts; Medicare; cheaper medicines; and energy bill relief. All of that is designed to help households deal with some of the pressure they've been under. (Time expired)

Honourable senators interjecting—