Treasurer Jim Chalmers says the Albanese government is “cleaning up” the mess “left behind” by the previous Liberal government.
Mr Chalmers said real wages are “growing again” in the government’s economy.
“When we came to office quarterly inflation was three times higher than it is now – it’s now a third of what those opposite left behind.” Mr Chalmers said.
Government ‘cleaning up’ mess ‘left behind’ by Coalition
“If they really cared about cost-of-living pressures in our community they’d support our efforts to get wages moving.
“If they really cared about cost-of-living pressure in our communities they’d support our efforts to clean up the mess that they made of the budget.
“When we came to office there was a deficit of 78 billion dollars – by the end of our first year in office that had become a 22-billion-dollar surplus.”
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