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

The short answer to that question is no. The government is absolutely focused on supporting Australians through this cost-of-living crisis. We accept that people are doing it tough, and that is why we have calibrated and targeted our cost-of-living relief to those areas where we can make a difference without adding to inflation.

I think the opposition's economic narrative is very mixed up, because we have people saying we are spending too much and then we have them saying we are not spending enough. There are a whole range of opinions. We are very clear about what we have to do. We have to fix the budget and make sure it's in the shape it needs to be so we can use it for those important investments we need to make at the time we need to make them. We need to grow the economy through our agenda, particularly around fee-free TAFE, the clean energy transition and the digital economy. We need to provide cost-of-living relief where we can without adding to inflation. (Time expired)