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The Coalition acknowledges the decision by the Hon Peter Costello AC to not seek reappointment as Chair of the Future Fund and thanks him for his service.  

This afternoon’s decision by the Reserve Bank to keep interest rates on hold is welcome but Australians with a mortgage are not out of the woods yet.

Since the last election, an Australian with a typical $750,000 mortgage is now paying around $22,000 more on their repayments.

Today’s monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) data has shown the impact of inflation on everyday Australians is real and it is acute.

Labor’s Employment White Paper “Working Future” is a missed opportunity from a government that is distracted by a range of issues which aren’t the economy.

The surplus revealed in today’s Final Budget Outcome has been delivered off the back of the former Coalition Government’s strong economic management, sky-high commodity prices and Australians having to work harder to make ends meet in Labor’s cost of living crisis.

The latest OECD Economic Outlook has sounded the alarm on a government that is distracted from managing the economy at a time it has never been more critical. 

Work force data released today shows Australians continue to work harder than ever but feel like they are going backwards due to the nation’s cost of living crisis.

While the unemployment rate remained steady at 3.7% Australians are struggling with rising prices across the entire economy.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been caught out misrepresenting the latest wages data to claim the average worker is better off under Labor. 

Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor has been listening to community concerns in the electorate of Hume about the serious consequences that the Albanese Labor Government’s approach to 60-day dispensing could have on local pharmacies and community members.

After an absurd five-day drip feed strategy, the Treasurer’s Intergenerational Report shows Labor’s true plan for a big Australia with higher taxes, higher spending and deficits for the next 40 years.

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