QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator CASH (Western Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (14:00): My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Bill Kelty, a prominent Australian Labor Party figure and former head of the ACTU, has highlighted the disastrous policies of the Albanese government, saying: Real wages are not improving … they're falling.

He said that Australians 'can't pay the bills' and that housing affordability is worsening because 'interest rates are rising and real wages are falling'. Does the Prime Minister agree with Mr Kelty?