QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator DEAN SMITH (Western Australia) (14:51): My question is also to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Minister, the Foodbank hunger report found that one in three Australian households experienced food insecurity over the past year, 44 per cent of households are struggling to put food on the table, and rising supply and transport costs are forcing charity networks to cut back.

Foodbank Australia CEO, Kylea Tink, has warned: This is no longer about temporary belt-tightening—it is becoming dangerously entrenched … What does the Prime Minister say to the thousands of charities and not-for-profits on the front line, like Foodbank, who are seeing the human consequences of Labor's cost-of-living crisis every day?