Senate debates
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Questions without Notice
Economy
2:41 pm
Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) | Hansard source
We're getting interjections from the Labor Party. Just remember: if the Labor Party had been elected in May we would now have higher taxes, a 45 per cent emissions reduction target—
Senator Wong interjecting—
Apparently something that Senator Wong is still fighting for to drive up the cost of electricity. We are focused on more affordable child care, with costs for families down 7.9 per cent following our reforms; and more affordable medicines, with over 2,100 new and amended listings added to the PBS since October 2013. Labor had stopped listing medicines on the PBS because they'd made such a mess of the budget. We're focused on more affordable energy, with energy costs down by up to 15 per cent for over half a million families and small businesses under our policies. More affordable housing: we have successfully implemented the majority of measures announced in the reducing pressure on housing affordability 2017-18 budget package. We are about to introduce further reforms in this space. We have legislated $300 billion worth of tax cuts— (Time expired)
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