Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The Albanese Labor government is addressing the cost-of-living crisis, created under the Liberal and National government, with our cost-of-living plan: cheaper child care, cheaper medicine, expanding paid parental leave to six months, more affordable housing and getting wages moving. These are all things they could have done, but in nine years they didn't do them. We have already secured an increase in the minimum wage and an important pay rise for aged-care workers, and our secure jobs, better pay policy will boost wages even further. We on this side understand the impact that higher energy prices are having on households and businesses. But you know, we're actually trying to work on how we support households through that, how we have a response. Do you know what your response was? 'Let's hide it!'—let's hide it before the next election, let's make sure no Australian knows about the hike in fees, hide it until after the election. What a disgrace.