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

What I would say to your constituent is we absolutely understand that people are facing cost-of-living pressures, and that is why we have been seeking to provide cost-of-living relief as we are able to. It is disappointing that the alternative government is refusing to support it, so I would invite you, Senator Cash, to tell that constituent that you stood in the way of the first round of tax cuts. I would invite you to tell that constituent you stood in the way, not once but twice—and now will be a third time—of energy bill relief for her and her family. I would invite you to tell that constituent that you believe she should pay more for medicines. I would invite you to tell her that you don't think she should have additional tax cuts that the government has put forward.

The reality is, Senator Cash, some of us are trying to do something about cost-of-living pressures. Others are not, and what we have seen— (Time expired)