QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (15:10): We, on this side of the House, today, on 1 July, are proudly talking about the tax cuts that came in. We're talking about the real wage increases. We're talking about the Medicare urgent care clinics and the extra pharmaceuticals on the PBS.

We're talking about the additional free TAFE places and the fact we've made Medicare urgent care clinics permanent. We're talking about the additional two weeks of paid parental leave, which takes it up to six months. We're talking about payday super.

We're talking about all that, and they're talking about a cup of coffee. What we're talking about— Opposition members interjecting— Mr ALBANESE: No wonder some of the ones on the front bench say that they need a rebrand, because they certainly do. It is certainly time to take 'liberal' out of the Liberal Party.

But it's not their brand—it's their product that's the problem. It's not your sales pitch; it's your policies. It's not what you call yourselves; it's who you are.

It's the fact that you vote against any change to cost of living that will help people. The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business, on a point of order? Mr Tehan: It goes to relevance.

This wasn't about alternatives; this was about cost of living and what's happening to inflation. It's got nothing to do with what he's quoting, and you've said it before, Speaker. The Prime Minister can't randomly quote things; he's got to remain relevant to the question.

The SPEAKER: To assist the House, I'm going to ask the Prime Minister that, if he is quoting a document, as the Manager of Opposition Business said, he makes it directly relevant to the question; otherwise, he won't be able to use it. Mr ALBANESE: I was asked about the cost of living, as the Manager of Opposition Business just said. What I'm talking about is the cost-of-living support which we're giving on this side of the House, which those on that side of the House voted against.

Every single one of these measures, they voted against. I'm really proud of what we are doing—the strongest annual economic growth in almost three years, inflation lower than it was when we came to government wages, wages going up, pay packets growing much faster than at any time under the coalition, the smallest gender pay gap on record order, the lowest average unemployment in 50 years.

We are laser-like focused on cost of living. Those opposite vote against every single cost-of-living measure.