House debates

Thursday, 4 June 2026

Questions without Notice

Budget

3:15 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source

They yell loudly when you speak about workers on the minimum wage getting a 4.75 per cent increase. Workers have received over $12,000—those people on the minimum wage—since we came to office. There has been over a 12 per cent real wage increase for Australia's lowest paid workers. Those opposite said low wages were a key feature of their economic architecture. We've delivered five now—five income tax cuts. Those opposite have opposed all of them, and they did it again today.

There's nowhere where the differences between the two sides of this chamber are more exemplified than with our $47 billion Homes for Australia plan. We have a plan of reform. The large tax reform takes account of the fact that young people are simply being priced out of the housing market and gives them a fair crack at owning their own home. Those opposite want to abolish the HAFF, abolish Help to Buy, reintroduce tax incentives—

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