Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

First, cost-of-living pressures have been a priority for this government since coming into government. I don't need to remind the former shadow finance minister that in fact the inflation challenge under the government of which she was a part was much, much higher. It is the case that Australians are having to deal with higher inflation and interest rates, and we are very conscious of that, which is one of the reasons why cost-of-living measures have been such a priority for our government. I would make the point that the former shadow finance minister was part of a party that voted against a great many of the cost-of-living measures that the government put forward, including tax cuts. It is quite remarkable to record for history the Liberal party opposing tax cuts, isn't it? (Time expired)