Senate debates

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Questions without Notice

Cost of Living

2:11 pm

Photo of James McGrathJames McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Shadow Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Families in regional Australia are being hit hardest by Labor's cost-of-living crisis, paying more for fuel, groceries, insurance, energy and transport while having fewer services and lower incomes to absorb the blow. Why has the Prime Minister persisted with cost-of-living and energy policies that compound price pressures for regional and rural Australians, who have the least capacity to absorb them?

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