QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:07): I thank Senator Tyrrell for her question and I thank her for her support for workers, including casual workers and parents in Tasmania. Senator Tyrrell knows that every Tasmanian worker—in fact, every Australian worker—will benefit from the cost-of-living measures that the Albanese government has introduced, which are kicking in from tomorrow, 1 July.

We are delivering real cost-of-living help to the people of Australia. That has always been a priority for this government—since the day we were elected and for the 1,500 days since. Tomorrow is especially important.

From tomorrow every Australian worker gets another tax cut. Every Australian worker gets another tax cut on top of the tax cuts we have already brought in and in addition to the tax cuts which are coming for working Australians—and all of them were opposed by the three right-wing parties opposite. We know those opposite have consistently voted against tax cuts for working people.

But we're not only focused on making sure Australians earn more and keep more of what they earn; we're also making sure people have more when they retire through payday super, and we're supporting Australians at the checkout with our ban on excessive grocery pricing coming into effect, with a strengthened ACCC to hold the big supermarkets to account. Motorists will continue to get more relief at the bowser with the 16 per cent litre cut to the fuel excise for all of July, and we are backing small business by permanently extending the $20,000 instant asset write-off.

This government is delivering real cost-of-living relief, and the measures that are kicking in from tomorrow demonstrate our commitment to supporting every Australian. The PRESIDENT: Senator Tyrrell, first supplementary?