Senate debates

Monday, 22 June 2026

Questions without Notice

Cost of Living

2:15 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister. Australia currently has 178 billionaires, who make $29 million a day. Corporate profits have grown at almost double the rate of wages over the past decade. Yet, on budget night, this government offered working people $4.81 a week that they won't see until 2028, nothing for renters and not one extra dollar for anyone on JobSeeker, youth allowance or the age pension. Minister, do you accept that support for One Nation is rising because Labor has no serious plan to fix the cost of living?

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