QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator McCARTHY (Northern Territory—Minister for Indigenous Australians) (14:44): Well, mayors from across the country are in Canberra this week—Alister Gibson from Wujal Wujal, Bruce Gibson from Hope Vale, James Woods from West Arnhem, Elsie Seriat from Torres Shire Council and Richard Sewter from Mornington Peninsula Shire. There is one thing their communities all have in common, and that is support from the Albanese Labor government through our Low-cost Essentials Subsidy Scheme, which is helping to ease cost-of-living pressures.

I'm proud to announce to the Senate that we now have 120 stores right across Australia signed up to the scheme and more to come. We have slashed the cost of 30 essential items in remote communities, meaning those items cost the same as they would in a city. This is about fairness and it is about delivering.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Mulholland, a second supplementary?