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

Run away from the story—the headline that says you're going to finance your risky, expensive, very slow nuclear scheme off budget. But I want to make this point about the cost of living and the Treasurer's response, particularly to the inflation figures. We know Australians are doing it tough. We know that there is a lot more work to do, which is why we are working to keep wages up, why we are working to provide tax cuts for all Australians and why we are working to deliver cheaper medicines and cheaper child care, and all of these things are priorities for the government. It is a good thing that we see monthly inflation is about a third of what we inherited at the election and around about a quarter of its peak. That is a good thing. And I would hope Senator Birmingham would say that is a good thing for Australians and their families.