QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator McKENZIE (Victoria—Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (14:21): Last week, the Reserve Bank governor, Michele Bullock, stated: … it doesn't take much additional spending to make the job of returning inflation to target more challenging. Why is this government spending at a 40-year high, outside of a recession, while preparing even more interventions that risk keeping inflation and therefore interest rates higher for longer?