Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) | Hansard source

In question time today, once again, the Treasurer has misled the House, stating:

… the shadow Treasurer pointed out on social media this morning that inflation has come down substantially, and he attributes that to the budget settings.

I will point out the social media post to which he refers, which says:

Inflation data out. Pre-Iran inflation was 3.7%. Iran lifted it to 4.6%. Today it is 4%. Jim Chalmers' spending addiction is the inflation culprit. It was too high before Iran, and Australia has been left with an inflation problem.

I seek leave to table the tweet, or the X post, to inform the accuracy of the House and to correct the dishonesty of the Treasurer.

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