Bragg, Sen Andrew

Senator BRAGG (New South Wales) (14:39): My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer. On Monday, the Melbourne Herald Sun said, 'The average full-time worker is about $3,700 better off than they were a year ago, according to new data analysis being spruiked by Treasurer Jim Chalmers.' With the cost-of-living index up by 9.6 per cent for working households in this past year, core inflation almost twice the top of the RBA's band, interest rates at a 12-year high and real wages down by 2.7 per cent, can you confirm that the Treasurer is spruiking falsehoods and Australians are actually worse off?