House debates

Monday, 20 March 2023

Questions without Notice

Cost of Living

3:14 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I have answered this on a number of occasions today. I've talked about the default market offer, and I've done that in the context of the fact that we have—

I know this may come as a shock, but it's related to inflationary pressure in the economy that goes through supply chains, it goes through the price of energy and therefore it goes through to having an impact on the cost of living. That's why we have made measures to impact the cost of living. That's why we've introduced—indeed, it's in place from 1 January—the cheaper pharmaceuticals.

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