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

I thank the member for Melbourne for her question. It's been a delight to visit the member for Melbourne's electorate, including on the first journey of the Melbourne metro that will make such a difference to the entire system of Melbourne. What it will do is open up the capacity of the entire network. It opens on Sunday, and I know that there'll be a huge celebration there. That was something that we in government put $3 billion into that was ripped out by the former government. What winning successive elections enables you to do is deliver on the commitments that you put to the Australian people. Since 3 May we have been focusing on delivery—a stronger Medicare, higher wages, more secure jobs—making sure that people earn more and keep more of what they earn.

We have been going through, one by one, and ticking off the legislative commitments that we have made to deliver for the Australian people—three million Australians having their student debt cut by 20 per cent, 16,000 first home buyers into their own home using our five per cent deposit, another 21,000 social and affordable homes on the way through the HAFF, tax cuts for every taxpayer next year and the year after, more than 130,000 Australians benefitting from batteries to make sure that the solar power from their roofs gets stored and their bills are decreased, higher wages, free TAFE, paid practice, incentives for construction apprentices and 50 more urgent care clinics. One in my electorate will open next month at last. I thank the minister for the final recognition of the electorate of Grayndler! There are more bulk-billing GPs, and, when we meet next year in February—

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