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

No-one has done more for local government in this House than me. Part of the critique from some in the three right-wing parties and their cheer squad outside has been that there wasn't enough consultation before the tax announcements that were made. We were very careful, as always occurs and, I'm sure, has always occurred for as long as I've been here, across the board, whoever has been the Treasurer and gone through our ERC processes. That is something that we have in this country that we should cherish and we should honour, not denigrate to try to score a cheap point.

I make this point—around 65,000 taxpayers in Fowler will benefit from the WATO. When it comes to student debt relief, 24,000 people benefited. There have been 3.4 million cheaper scripts in the electorate of Fowler. There is the Liverpool Medicare Urgent Care Clinic—I note that all our urgent care clinics are now open—has received 19,900 visits, and there are now 86 fully bulk-billed practices in Fowler—

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