Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Those opposite were the ones who said working families had never been better off. That is what they said, and they said it at a time when inflationary pressures were unleashed on the Australian economy. We have seen today that they have no plans to tackle inflation, none whatsoever. The Liberal Party is the best friend inflation ever had, and we saw it from the member over there—the former Treasurer.

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