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

I look forward to hearing what might come from the Leader of the Opposition on Thursday on these matters, because there's not a lot for them to say when it comes to these issues. But this is what we can say. We can say that under our government electricity prices have fallen by eight per cent in the last two years. Under our government, we can say that to deal with the rising cost of living we've been getting Australians into jobs at record rates. Unemployment has fallen to four per cent. Even the Reserve Bank governor has highlighted how wages are set to rise, as a result of the pressures in the labour market, because we're running a strong economy.

The best remedy, for higher wages, is a stronger economy. And the way you get that stronger economy is the responsible economic policies that have seen our government oversee an economy that has outperformed the advanced world through this pandemic, where unemployment has fallen from 5.7 per cent under Labor to four per cent under the Liberals and Nationals, and that unemployment figure is falling further still. Our record of getting Australians into jobs, our record of getting Australians into homes, our record of getting electricity prices down to ease the cost of living and our record of addressing these urgent issues is there for all to see, and it's a good record.

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