Senate debates
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
Questions without Notice
Cost of Living
2:01 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source
Senator, I'm very pleased that you've gone back and looked at the 2022 election campaign front pages, but I can say to you that this government doesn't need to look at newspapers to know how important it is to continue the work we are engaging in on delivering on the cost of living, on housing, on Medicare, on schools. You will have seen this government, in the last term and in this term, deliver tax cuts which have provided more support to middle- and low-income earners. You would have seen this government invest in Medicare so that more people are able to access bulk-billing services, whether that is at urgent care clinics or with GPs, and you will have seen the largest investment in Medicare since Medicare was built—this term, as we promised.
In relation to housing, I welcome the opposition's interest in housing supply. I welcome it, and—
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