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

I'm wondering if this is the next iteration of a scare campaign. I'm asked about tariffs. It's a useful question, and I hope that Senator Farrell will be able to contribute more to the chamber later today on this issue, because, of course, what the government is doing is seeking to reduce tariffs. This was one of the issues, I recollect, that the economic roundtable did discuss. We on this side of the chamber have a view—and I would've hoped it was a similar view—that tariffs are an impost upon consumers. We have a very clear view—