Tania Lawrence (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Six months into our second term, and Labor is getting on with delivering for all Australians. For students, we have cut every university and TAFE debt by 20 per cent. For first home buyers, we have delivered five per cent home deposits with no mortgage insurance. For households, we've made batteries cheaper. For apprenticeships, we've kicked off our $10,000 incentive to get more homes built. For workers, we've secured a 3½ per cent minimum pay rise. And for every Australian, we've just delivered a record boost in Medicare, so everyone can see a GP for free.

Meanwhile, the Liberals have spent the last six months in a toxic situationship with the Nationals: breaking up; getting back together; breaking up again; factions fracturing. Between the reshuffles and the resignations, it's hard to keep up with which coalition spokesperson is breaking rank today. Case in point: while Labor has delivered a record investment in women's health care, in the rare instance the coalition does speak about women it's to undermine its own leader or, worse, to lecture women on choices about their bodies while actively trying to restrict them.

It's not all doom and gloom though, as the coalition has set their own record, too. Polling has their primary vote at a record low. So to Hasluck, I say thank you for your support and your confidence. I will continue fighting for you while those opposite fight themselves.

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