Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I hope that you also tell Stuart of your opposition to other measures, including our cheaper child care plan. I assume that their child will go into child care if the husband and wife are both working. Well, from July 1, they will get cheaper child care as a result of this government's position—again, like everything else, opposed by those opposite.

I hope as well that he tells Stuart about our cheaper medicines. He's probably already had benefit from it, along with so many Australians—six million Australians that will benefit from what we have put forward. I assume, therefore, the member for Lyne is going to vote for that support as well. I hope that this means that the member for Lyne will vote for all of the cost-of-living measures which we have in this budget, and I hope that the member for Lyne counsels members of the coalition about their rhetoric that says that providing any support is somehow damaging the economy.

You can't have it both ways. You can't say, 'People are doing it tough, but we'll vote against every single measure that is aimed at assisting them,' but that's what his colleagues in the coalition are doing. I hope also that the member for Lyne says that it's a good thing that the member for Watson is the minister in charge of fixing our industrial relations system so that wages actually rise.

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