QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Ms LEY (Farrer—Leader of the Opposition) (14:00): My question is to the Acting Prime Minister. Because of Labor's economic vandalism, households have been paying 15 per cent more for their food, 20 per cent more for their insurance and nearly 40 per cent more for their electricity in the last year alone. Australians are suffering through the largest decline in living standards in the developed world during Labor's cost-of-living crisis.

Why is it that, when Labor fails, Australians are always left to foot the bill?