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

That is not the point I am making, Senator Ruston. You can interject that, but that is not the point I am making. I would also suggest that it might benefit those opposite to read the statement for the monetary policy decision by the Monetary Policy Board which has been released alongside that today. In that statement, it goes to a number of different pressures, including uncertainty around international developments, and that that the bank is taking a cautious approach. That is my reading of their statement. We will continue to work to get inflation down. We will make sure that we will keep unemployment low, that the economy continues to grow and that we are seeing good growth across the private sector, having resumed its rightful place as a key driver of growth across the economy.