Jim Chalmers
Rankin · Australian Labor Party · Australia
“It's why we have delivered and are delivering an ambitious budget defined by reform and resilience and responsible economic management. We've been delivering for the Australian people while the member for Hume has been destroying the Liberal Party. We've been delivering for Australians. He's been destroying the once great Liberal Party.”
“I acknowledge the member for Gellibrand and thank him especially for his work on Asian capability and the big report that he has just released as the chair of the education committee. Today is obviously a very important day.”
“We don't just acknowledge those challenges; we are addressing them. That's why we are delivering more tax cuts for Australian workers, more pay rises for people on awards and the minimum wage and a fairer tax system for first home buyers.”
“It's because every time the Australian people need them to vote to help them with these real pressures that they face, they vote to make things worse rather than better. They leave this parliament today more divisive and more divided than ever. We leave this parliament today delivering for the Australians who sent us here.”
“On Friday, we learned that the deficit for the year just finished will be smaller than anticipated at budget time, and we know from the AOFM this week that our debt will be $200 billion less than the trajectory we inherited from those opposite. If those opposite had their way, there'd be bigger deficits and more debt.”
“The member for Macquarie is a wonderful representative of workers and small businesses and families in her beautiful part of Australia. Today is a really important day, as the Prime Minister said a moment ago. We are delivering tax cuts.”
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“The reason that the shadow Treasurer is losing his cool again, just like he did when the good inflation numbers came out, is that—”
“I was sitting there hoping that they'd double down on this policy, and it turns out that they have, and I couldn't be happier about that, Mr Speaker, if I'm honest with you. There are two points about the shadow Treasurer's question. First of all, only the Liberal and National parties could see taxpayers and workers funding between $1.6 billion and $10 billion to shout their bosses lunch as an issue of fairness. Only those opposite could see that as an issue of social justice and an issue of fairness. The second point I would make is this—the nerve of these characters, on a day when they've been sprung not releasing the cost of their own policy, jumping up and asking about the costing of a policy which has been longstanding.”
“That's what makes this decision that Australians will make this year a very important decision and a very stark choice between an opposition focused on cuts and conflict and culture wars who would make people worse off and take Australia backwards, or a prime minister and a Labor government helping with the cost of living, making progress on inflation, managing the economy responsibly and building Australia's future.”
“You can imagine them sitting around with the blue teeth and the soy sauce on the Thai coming up with the big ideas. Either they didn't know how much it cost when they announced the policy, or they didn't want Australians to know. They have refused to come clean on the cost of their long lunch policy or what they will cut to pay for that policy. There's a pattern here. On Sunday, the Leader of the Opposition was asked about whether there would be cuts in the budget. He said there would be, but he wouldn't tell the Australian people until after the election. This is the very real risk posed by this Leader of the Opposition. If he had his way on tax cuts and wages and energy bills, Australians would already be thousands of dollars worse off, and they'll be worse off still if he wins.”
“Under this Prime Minister, inflation is down. Wages are up. Unemployment is low. We've delivered two budget surpluses. We've got the debt down, and we've rolled out cost-of-living relief at the same time. That's what it means to manage the economy in a responsible and methodical way. I'm asked about alternatives, but it's been almost three years now, and those opposite are yet to come up with any costed, coherent or credible policies on the economy. All we've got from them is lower wages for workers and longer lunches for bosses, with the taxpayers to foot the bill. He wants workers to pay for bosses' lunches, and he will smash the budget in the process. This is the only kind of policy that could have been agreed at the tail end of a very long lunch.”
“Thanks to the member for Newcastle for her wonderful work and for her question. Australians together made very welcome and encouraging progress in the fight against inflation, and we saw that in the numbers last week, which were better than expected and better than forecast. Headline inflation is 2.4 per cent, in the bottom half of the Reserve Bank's range. Underlying inflation came down as well. It's now in the low threes on both fronts. That is the lowest we've seen for some years. There's more to do. We know that because people are still under pressure. But the progress that we have delivered has been substantial, and it has been sustained. As the Prime Minister rightly pointed out, when we came to office, inflation was much higher and rising, real wages were falling, and there was a mountain of Liberal debt.”