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

We have cut taxes for 13 million Australians five times. The first one was the one that they said they'd reverse. Then, of course, our second tax cut, our top-up, begins on 1 July. The further top-up begins on 1 July next year. Then there is the thousand-dollar automatic tax deduction. Then, of course, there is our Working Australians Tax Offset. If you add all that up for average workers, they will be better off by around $2,800.

We've not only done that; we've put in place measures such as cheaper medicines and we've made permanent the urgent care clinics as part of Medicare—something opposed by those opposite, but now they all want one on their corner. We have made free TAFE permanent. We are making a difference, with cheaper batteries benefiting hundreds of thousands of Australians as well. But, importantly as well, we are giving Australians a fair crack at buying their first home, backing aspiration.

The coalition have already told us what they are against. In interview after interview, asked about helping young Australians into their own home, they've said they're against it. They'll repeal it now—they'll repeal it. It's a repeat of what happened one year ago, and we know how that ended. These geniuses are going to go to an election saying that they will repeal young Australians getting a fair go.

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