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SenateThursday 2 July 2026

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) (14:59): Well, the answer to that is no. You voted against tax cuts. You voted against every single piece of cost-of-living help that we have brought to this chamber.

You have voted against it, and I think the Australian people recognise that they have a government that is going to make the right decisions to invest in them and support them with cost-of-living pressures. They saw what you and your party were offering, Senator Smith—they watched The Hunger Games continue—and they know that the decision they took in 2025 was the right one.

SourceSenate, Thursday 2 July 2026 — official recordTA-260702-senate-f4dc18a19553:s197