Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

You should ignore me.

Honourable senators interjecting—

I don't know about that. The Product Commission's report states that most OECD countries have experienced a productivity slowdown. However, we know that the productivity challenges we face have been made worse by a decade of wasted opportunities and wrong priorities by those opposite. And there is no starker example of this than the coalition's wasted decade on energy. Their 22 different energy policies over their term in government have seen the opportunities for investment, innovation and jobs go begging. We paid the price for that. This really was the Morrison government—a government that spent more, borrowed more and delivered less, including in the productivity agenda, which has been outlined in the public release today. (Time expired)