QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Ms LEY (Farrer—Leader of the Opposition) (14:01): My question is to the Prime Minister. Inflation has once again risen under Labor, and economists are now warning that interest rates may be forced up again—devastating news for families already cutting back this Christmas. The Prime Minister promised the Australian people that we had turned the corner on inflation, and his treasurer assured them that the government had inflation under control.

Today's numbers show that Australians were misled. Prime Minister, why do Australians have to pay the price for Labor's economic failure?