Brian Mitchell (Lyons, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The first time in 75 years—that's right, Member for Moreton. I can tell those opposite that people who buy medicines on the PBS will feel the benefits of this. One script a month—300 bucks a year you'll save.

More affordable housing: a comprehensive plan to tackle the housing crisis that this country is facing in both rentals and buying homes with the way prices have got out of control. We've got a comprehensive plan to get more affordable housing into the mix—it's far too detailed to go into in this speech. And, of course, we're going to get wages moving again. We're not going to pretend that will be easy, but we've made a start. We've backed the minimum wage increase. We're backing aged-care workers getting an increase. I don't forget that one of the first, most shameful acts of those opposite when they came to government was to knock out aged-care workers and early childcare workers getting a pay rise. That was nine years ago. They've paid the price ever since. We are backing some of the lowest-paid, hardest-working members of our community into getting a pay rise. We are addressing the cost of living.

I fully back Marinus Link. It's fantastic that that was signed last week. Renewable energy is the future of this country. Those on the opposite side should get on board or get out of the way.

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