Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General, Minister Farrell. The government campaigned on a message of restoring trust in politics, moving away from the culture of secrecy of the coalition. Yet, as the PM conceded last year:

… this is a time when trust in governments and institutions is under challenge.

This is backed up by data. Australians' trust in government has gone down even more since the 2022 election. Data from the Mapping social cohesion report shows that, in 2024, 33 per cent of adults thought the government can be trusted to do the right thing by the Australian people all or most of the time, down from 44 per cent in 2021. I ask the following: what action is the government taking to increase the trust in the community, to increase transparency and to demonstrate it is doing the right thing for Australians and not vested interests, like gas companies.