Cost of living issues will come to the fore as federal Parliament returns for the final two sitting weeks of this year.

Labor will ask voters what will make them better off, as it launches an attack on Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s previous positions on wages, taxes and electricity bill relief.

Economic figures show that households across the country continue to experience hip pain.

While inflation and economic hardship are an undeniable problem in the US election, Australians are also likely to be asked in the run-up to next year’s federal election whether they are in a better situation today than four years ago.

Labor Minister and Leader of the House Tony Burke said: “We will always support Australians who want to get ahead, while helping them with the cost of living. »

Dozens of legislative texts will be examined in the next fortnight.

Electoral reform is expected to be introduced after the Albanian government makes a number of changes with the coalition.

However, the government’s bill to combat misinformation and disinformation has few friends.

The coalition opposes it, the Greens describe it as “fairly average”, while independent senator David Pocock believes that it does not find the right balance.

There will be five farewell speeches in the lower house this week, including from NDIS minister and former Labor leader Bill Shorten, who is retiring from politics in February.

Others include Labor’s Michelle Ananda-Rajah, Liberal MPs Nola Marino and Rowan Ramsey, and Nationals MP Mark Coulton.

The government also wants to pass legislation to increase wages for childcare workers, in addition to providing relief for Australians burdened by university debt.

Legislation to maintain free places at TAFE will also be debated.

In the upper house, aged care reforms aimed at forcing wealthier Australians to pay more of their costs in a bid to make the system more sustainable are expected to pass.

The government is also considering introducing legislation banning children under 16 from accessing social media.