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

I thank the member for Maribyrnong for her question. Indeed, we are focused on the Australian people and working every day to deliver for them. We are strengthening Medicare because that's just what Labor governments do: more bulk-billing, making medicines cheaper, opening urgent care clinics, delivering 1800MEDICARE, properly funding public hospitals and making sure that the only thing that Australians need is their Medicare card, not their credit card. We're delivering cost-of-living relief across the board, cutting taxes, cutting student debt, getting real wages up and protecting penalty rates so that Australians can earn more and keep more of what they earn. We're properly funding every single public school in the country, making a difference. We've had 725,000 Australians that have benefited from free TAFE. We're establishing university study hubs around regional Australia. We are making it easier for Australians to get into their own home. Help to Buy is up and running. Build to rent is building. Since we fast tracked our five per cent deposit scheme in October last year, more than 31,000 new home buyers have their first home. There's always more to do, and our work to make a positive difference is never finished.

While we're building more homes for Australians, those opposite are busy tearing down their own home. They're obsessed with cutting each other down, but they never want to cut your taxes or cut the cost of living. They can't stand each other, but they all stand for cutting Medicare. They love fighting, but they never fight for Australia; they just fight each other. It goes to their core values, and we've seen that with the extraordinary launch of a leadership campaign that didn't have a single new policy idea. It was just the vibe. They got out there—not a single new idea.

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