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

I acknowledge the very high quality of your question, Senator Dowling; your experience as an economist; and the skills that you bring to the government and have brought to your contribution today. Since Labor was elected, inflation is down, debt is down, real wages are growing, unemployment is low and interest rates have fallen. We've delivered two surpluses. Remember that? We turned two Liberal deficits into two Labor surpluses. We've found savings. We're repairing the budget. We're making the investments we need right across the economy, in productivity and in our key social infrastructure, like early education and care, education, housing and Medicare. This is what this government is doing. We're pulling every single lever we can to make sure we support households and build the economy that future generations in this country deserve.