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

I listen to a lot of economists, including many that are reported in the paper today, and, unsurprising to the chamber, there are different views. I will leave the commentary to others, and I leave the decisions the Reserve Bank makes to the Reserve Bank. That is their responsibility. They are independent of government. Our job is to get the budget in better shape, to pay down debt where we can, to return revenue to the budget and to ensure that services are being delivered in an efficient and effective way at the same time as delivering on our election commitments and making sure that we are supporting households. That is what we've done in the first three years, and we will continue that approach.