QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WATERS (Queensland—Leader of the Australian Greens) (14:21): Today's big-business tax liability delay is another concession which has no requirement to be passed on to workers or consumers. So far, only businesses are getting direct relief, and people again have to wait and hope that those businesses pass it on. Why isn't the government doing immediate and direct cost-of-living relief, putting money in people's pockets to spend wherever they're hurting, whether it's on groceries or bills or petrol or transport?