Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) | Hansard source

I'll take that as you can't or refuse to confirm the ABS employee cost-of-living increases. Can the minister please confirm for the Senate that the figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics that disposable income has collapsed to 8.7 per cent under your government is the largest fall since records began—a simple confirmation, Minister?