QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:09): I thank Senator Ghosh for the supplementary. The government have been focused on looking at what we can do when it comes to cost-of-living relief, and we've been providing that in a range of ways.

Importantly, on Wednesday this week, every Australian taxpayer will get another tax cut—tax cuts that those opposite voted against. They were probably 'egregious' too, I imagine. The national minimum wage will increase by six per cent, and modern award wages will increase by 4.75 per cent, following our submission to the Annual Wage Review.

Parents will get 26 weeks of paid parental leave, increasing from 24 weeks. Around 2.6 million Australians will benefit from indexation of a range of social security payments, rates and thresholds. Workers will also benefit from having their super paid at the same time as their salary and wages.

And Australian families will get a better deal at the check-out under our new ban on excessive pricing of groceries for consumers in the food and grocery code. The PRESIDENT: Senator Ghosh, second supplementary?