Australians ‘know they’re paying more’ under Labor: Peter Dutton
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"Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says Australians “know they’re paying more” under a Labor government.
Mr Dutton pointed out “every business” is experiencing higher input costs.
“That’s the reality – the farmer who pays more for fertiliser because it’s energy intensive in terms of manufacturing fertiliser,” the Opposition Leader said during a media conference on Wednesday.
“They’re paying more for their cold room storage; the jam manufacturer is paying more for the glass jar.
“All of that ultimately gets passed onto consumers.”"
I think every business is experiencing higher input costs. That's the reality. The farmer
who pays more for fertiliser because it's energy intensive in terms of manufacturing
fertiliser, they're paying more for their cold room storage. The jam manufacturer is
paying more for the glass jar. The truck driver is paying more for the truck to be on the
road. All of that ultimately gets passed on to consumers. We need to have a government
that's able to deal with those realities. But at the moment, the government's had two
budgets. They've made decisions which have just made it harder for families, not easier.
The Prime Minister promised that he'd bring down electricity prices by $275. He promised
it on 97 occasions. Do you know that he hasn't mentioned it once since he's been elected?
I think Australians know that they're paying more for electricity, paying more for gas,
more for fuel, they're paying more for their insurance, and every line item in your family
budget and your small business budget just continues to go up and up under this government.