 Over the past year, 1.2 million Australian kids have gone hungry. Right now, 3.3 million people are struggling to pay their bills, living below the poverty line in Australia. More and more Australians are just one big medical problem, a couple of missed shifts, another interest rate rise away from complete disaster. And yet, and yet, the big banks brag about record profits, coals and woollies have profiteered to the tune of billions coal and gas companies paying nothing in tax. There have been 13 consecutive interest rate heights since I became an MP in this House in May 2022. Rents have spiked and spiked again, parents having to make the completely cruel choice between sending their kids to Saturday soccer and the mortgage payment. People skipping meals to pay the rent were simply unable to pay for much needed medication or healthcare, because Medicare has been gutted too. Where's the support when times are tough? What's this government's response? It's a new committee. Labor's bill doesn't even include a national definition of poverty, effectively allowing the government to keep its head firmly buried in the sand about the scale of the problem.