QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:58): I think there are two points on that. The first is, obviously, we know the challenge inflation presents. We inherited very high inflation.

We continue to work and to do what we can to deal with the inflation challenges in our economy. The second point I would make is that one of the ways in which you can deal with this and the cost-of-living pressure that people are under is to ensure that you provide tax cuts where you can. And so I would remind you that you and your colleagues voted against tax cuts for working Australians, the very working Australians that you purport to be representing by way of that question.

The PRESIDENT: Senator O'Sullivan, second supplementary?