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

I thank the honourable member for his question. He asks me about living standards and public spending in the economy. There are two very important developments in today's national accounts that I want to bring his attention to and I want to bring the House's attention to. Given it's Wednesday and that appears to be 'economy day' and they're asking us about the economy at last, you would think that, having taken a three-day run-up to ask a question about the economy, they would have some understanding of what's happening with living standards. I refer those opposite—

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