Andrew Willcox (Dawson, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Sovereign Capability) | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. A flat white costs $2 more today than it did in 2022, when Labor came to power. The government's 70c a day tax cut won't even cover the increase, let alone the coffee itself. Prime Minister, why does Labor keep making Australians pay more?

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

We, on this side of the House, today, on 1 July, are proudly talking about the tax cuts that came in. We're talking about the real wage increases. We're talking about the Medicare urgent care clinics and the extra pharmaceuticals on the PBS. We're talking about the additional free TAFE places and the fact we've made Medicare urgent care clinics permanent. We're talking about the additional two weeks of paid parental leave, which takes it up to six months. We're talking about payday super. We're talking about all that, and they're talking about a cup of coffee. What we're talking about—

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

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

No wonder some of the ones on the front bench say that they need a rebrand, because they certainly do. It is certainly time to take 'liberal' out of the Liberal Party. But it's not their brand—it's their product that's the problem. It's not your sales pitch; it's your policies. It's not what you call yourselves; it's who you are. It's the fact that you vote against any change to cost of living that will help people.

Milton Dick (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

The Manager of Opposition Business, on a point of order?

Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) | Link to this | Hansard source

It goes to relevance. This wasn't about alternatives; this was about cost of living and what's happening to inflation. It's got nothing to do with what he's quoting, and you've said it before, Speaker. The Prime Minister can't randomly quote things; he's got to remain relevant to the question.

Milton Dick (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

To assist the House, I'm going to ask the Prime Minister that, if he is quoting a document, as the Manager of Opposition Business said, he makes it directly relevant to the question; otherwise, he won't be able to use it.

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

I was asked about the cost of living, as the Manager of Opposition Business just said. What I'm talking about is the cost-of-living support which we're giving on this side of the House, which those on that side of the House voted against. Every single one of these measures, they voted against. I'm really proud of what we are doing—the strongest annual economic growth in almost three years, inflation lower than it was when we came to government wages, wages going up, pay packets growing much faster than at any time under the coalition, the smallest gender pay gap on record order, the lowest average unemployment in 50 years. We are laser-like focused on cost of living. Those opposite vote against every single cost-of-living measure.