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

We have low unemployment. We've managed to keep unemployment lower than comparable countries. That matters. People have stayed in employment, earning wages—and we are supporting wage increases. There are strengths in our economy. Business investment is rebounding. We're seeing all of those things. Yes, we have to manage the inflation challenge, and the government will do that in the budget.