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

The government has made a number of announcements, including the partnership and working with business, and we make no apology for that. Ensuring that the economy keeps moving and functioning is an important part of our responsibility, as is looking after households, and that's why the measures the government has implemented over the last few weeks have been targeted at different areas. I would remind Senator Waters that there is an inflation challenge in the economy at the same time, so how we target assistance matters, and the budget that we're putting together will reflect the economic circumstances of the time—as we always do. We always look at what cost-of-living support we can responsibly provide to people as we work through this time, and we will continue to do that.