Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:41): We understand how tough so many Australians are doing it and we do not shirk our responsibility to do all we can to fight inflation. And, unlike those opposite, we're not going to be distracted by— Senator Hume: By the Voice? Senator WONG: the political arguments. Unlike those opposite, we're not going to be voting in this chamber against energy price relief— Senator Hume: You're not going to be distracted by job security? The PRESIDENT: Senator Hume, you've asked your question. Senator WONG: Unlike those opposite, we're not going to be focused on political fights. We are going to be focused on fighting inflation, which is the key driver behind the cost-of-living challenges that so many Australians have. Unlike those opposite, we are also not going to be running a low-wage economy. We're not going to be holding wages deliberately low, because we understand that also matters when it comes to the cost of living. An opposition senator interjecting— Senator WONG: I'll take the intervention from the shadow minister, who said, 'That pushes up inflation too.' We have the Mathias Cormann line here—that in fact there's a deliberate design feature of the Australian economy to hold wages low. I don't think that should have been scripted for you. (Time expired)