Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I would simply say, as I did at the press conference earlier today, that the Reserve Bank will consider their response today and whatever decision they make I would ask the big banks to respond to and pass on in full—whatever decision the Reserve Bank made today—in the same way that Qantas stepped up to the plate when we asked for their support to get Australians out of Wuhan and to get them out from the Diamond Princess. I want to thank Qantas again for the great work they did. I simply ask that the big banks do exactly the same thing by passing on the full impact, should the bank make that decision. But, over these past six years with jobs growth and with ensuring that we've fixed the structural balance of this budget so Australians have been able to get jobs and restore their own balance sheet, we can look through this current crisis and we can look to the other side and we can know that the Australian economy can bounce back even better on the other side. It will because of the measures we have put in place and will put in place that will be targeted, that will be measured, that will be scalable. They'll focus on jobs. They'll focus on keeping businesses in business and ensuring Australians bounce back.

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