Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:04): What I can say is that those on this side and all of the members of the Albanese government—from the Prime Minister through to the cabinet and ministry and the whole of the caucus—understand how hard things are for so many Australians. We understand how many families and pensioners are doing it tough, and so our first priority has been to work out how we can deliver cost-of-living relief in a responsible way. That is why you have seen the range of responsible measures that this government has put in place, including the tax cuts which are flowing through to workers from 1 July. I would take the point that the opposition is making and note this: the opposition is very good at talking about what needs to happen. They're very good at telling people that we actually need to spend less, but do you know what they're not prepared to do? They're not prepared to tell us what they'd cut. Senator Watt: What are you going to cut? Pensions? Senator WONG: Exactly! Is it housing? Is it health? Is it hospitals? Is it pensions? Is it social security? What is it that you would be proposing to cut? We know that Senator Hume, I think, as recently as last week was again raising concerns about tax cuts. She and Mr Dutton should come forward to the Australian people and tell them the truth. Are you actually proposing to roll back the tax cuts? That is what you said when they were originally announced. The point here is that we have a situation where the government, like across comparable economies worldwide, is dealing with an inflation challenge. We have worked through that, and— (Time expired) The PRESIDENT: Senator Birmingham, a first supplementary?