Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Why is it that the government is happy to claim responsibility for interest rates when they are low but runs a million miles from any responsibility when they go up? When will the government take some responsibility for the financial hardship now confronting working families due to huge mortgage repayments and rising prices for child care, petrol and groceries? Or does the government still think working families have never been better off?