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

():  We know what those opposite's back-to-basics budgeting implies. It implies $350 billion worth of cuts—cuts to Medicare, cuts to education and no support for households so that they can build their seven nuclear reactors around the country at a cost of $600 billion for 20 years time.

We on this side know what we're doing. We're accountable. It's there in the budget: cost-of-living relief to households; tax cuts for every worker, to build on the tax cuts we gave last year; and budget repair so we can invest in the industries and jobs of the future. We've got inflation coming down, wages going up, unemployment low and interest rates being cut. Inflation is back in the band. This is all contained in the responsible budget handed down by the Albanese Labor government, and those opposite are in disarray. They don't know what they stand for other than to vote against tax— (Time expired)