Senate debates
Thursday, 12 March 2026
Questions without Notice
Economy
2:15 pm
Jane Hume (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations) Share this | Hansard source
Deputy Governor Hauser warned that inflation may only return to the midpoint of the Reserve Bank's target range in the middle of 2028. This forecast was made before the conflict in the Middle East. Minister, why has your government refused to heed the advice of economists, contain government expenditure and act on bringing inflation down, leaving Australians to pay more for everything?
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