Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

For the bulk of my answer, I refer the honourable member to the answer I gave to her colleague the member for Mayo. In addition, I point out, in acknowledging the very real cost-of-living pressures being felt in Fowler and indeed around the country, that the government is providing cost-of-living relief in a number of different ways to her local community. Sixty-five thousand taxpayers are getting a tax cut—actually, getting two more tax cuts because of this government. Those opposite voted against them and said they'd repeal them. About 8,000 people in her community are getting a boost to their superannuation. More than 23,000 people are getting student debt relief.

When it comes to the PBS co-payment reduction—more than $5.9 million in savings in her electorate alone across 416,000 scripts. The safety net reduction—$5.8 million in savings across 773,000 scripts. The Medicare urgent care clinic in Liverpool—I pay tribute to the health minister and the Prime Minister for delivering that. There are new bulk-billing clinics, including nine additional practices in the member for Fowler's electorate. We're providing cost-of-living help in other ways, and I've concluded my answer.

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