Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It beggars belief that, after being such a big part of the problem for the best part of a decade, those opposite are now voting against the solutions. We are trying to clean up the mess they left, and once again they are standing in the way. We have an economic plan to deal with this inflation challenge and to build more affordable homes in our country. It's all about relief and repair, and it's also about restraint in the budget. They just have a political strategy to get in the way of us cleaning up the mess they left us.

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