Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My    question is to the Prime Minister. On Labor's watch Australians have endured the longest household recession on record. Prices are up sharply. Real wages are down. Australians are working harder for less. Government is getting bigger, but lives aren't getting better. The only things increasing are inflation, interest rates and population, by 1.9 million. After four years of Australians going backward under Labor, when will the Prime Minister finally accept the buck stops with him?

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Another tight question from the opposition there! He invites me to be able to say—I'm asked what is growing—today's figures show the Australian economy is growing strongly. It's stronger than any other advanced economy; it's as simple as that. The other thing that's been growing is our jobs—1.2 million of them. The last figures showed that there were an additional 50,000 full-time jobs created on our watch. We think that is good. What else is growing? The number of people who have benefited from free TAFE—725,000 and counting. What else is growing? The number of people who are benefiting from the five per cent deposit to get their first home—225,000 and counting. What else is growing? The number of Australians who are benefiting from cheaper batteries—250,000 and counting. That is all growing. I'll tell you the other thing, which is decreasing, and that's the gender pay gap. Yesterday's figures show a record-low gender pay gap. It's the lowest it has ever been—something that we are very proud of.

They come in here with Monday's pack that they forgot to ask, ignoring today's figures on the national accounts that are out today, completely ignoring the growth that is there. They come in here and continue to just talk Australia down.

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

And they interject louder the more desperate they get, the more they lack an agenda. Yesterday I helped them out so their backbench and their frontbench, including the shadow Treasurer, could read their election review. I suggest they go back and read it because they've learned absolutely nothing.