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

It's because we have put in place the measures that we took to the Australian people last May, and we've been ticking them off one by one as we implement them to make a difference to people's cost-of-living issues. We know that people have been under pressure. That is why we have put these measures in place. But all those measures were opposed by those opposite.

Just two days before the election, of course, the two economic shadow ministers put forward their costings. Their costings would have cut the three-day guarantee, removing affordable child care for 100,000 families; cut 41,000 frontline workers; cut student debt relief; cut free TAFE; cut the Commonwealth prac payment; cut cheaper home batteries; cut five per cent deposits for first home buyers; cut Help to Buy; cut Build to Rent; cut the National Reconstruction Fund—

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