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) (14:29): I thank Senator Darmanin for that final supplementary. We're committed to responsible economic management and sensible cost-of-living support for Australians, which is why our decisions around cheaper medicines and lowering the cost of energy bills, our investments in early childhood education and care, our investments in higher wages and our tax cuts have all been focused on making sure we could take some of the pressure off the Australian people.

But global uncertainty requires stable, consistent, responsible budget management. Our savings approach that we've taken in every budget and in every MYEFO will continue. We know those opposite went to the last election promising higher taxes, bigger deficits and more debt.

They have made hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars of commitments already, since the election, that would damage the Australian budget and put us in much worse shape than we are.