House debates

Thursday, 5 March 2026

Questions without Notice

Economy

2:06 pm

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

I thank the member for his question. Yesterday the national accounts showed that the Australian economy was growing at its fastest rate in almost three years, faster than every member of the G7. On a day when the national accounts showed household incomes and living standards are going up, the opposition was talking Australia down, as they do. They only have two settings—tearing each other down or talking Australia down. Those are their two settings. When the gender pay gap reached a record low, none of the blokes over there gave it a mention. When the bulk-billing rate saw its biggest jump in 20 years—crickets, nothing whatsoever. When we passed 200—

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