Mr REPACHOLI (Hunter) (13:44) 

You know what the coalition's favourite word is? It's 'no'. They say it all the time—no to cheaper power bills; no to better wages; and no to fixing our roads, our schools and our hospitals. I bet that if you asked them whether the sky was blue, they'd still say no, they just love that word so much. No, no, no—that's the coalition. Honestly, if the coalition were in charge of a restaurant, they'd refuse to serve you, overcharge you for your water and then blame you for being hungry.

While they're stuck saying no, we're on the side of saying yes—yes to real cost-of-living relief; yes to cheaper child care; yes to tax cuts for every taxpayer; yes to more bulk-billing doctors; yes to backing Aussie workers with stronger wages and secure jobs; and yes to making things here in Australia again. The coalition's vision for the cost of living is like what would happen if the Australian economy was run by a dodgy tradie—everything costs you double, but it's half as good as it should be, and, worst of all, they disappear when it's time to clean up the resulting mess. Nobody wants to go back to that nightmare. We can't afford to have the coalition saying no to cost-of-living relief that Australians need not only to keep afloat but also to prosper. Whilst we have delivered for the people of Australia every day, we have heard from the coalition what their favourite word is: no.