Clare O'Neil (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Housing) | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question. We've been through this before in the parliament. There is tightly controlled eligibility for this scheme. Temporary residents are not eligible for the scheme, despite what's been inferred and said by the Leader of the Opposition.

The only people who are eligible for this scheme are citizens of our country and permanent residents. Permanent residents are very likely to have lived in our country for a long time. The hint is in the word 'permanent'. These are people who are working as doctors and nurses. They are aged-care workers who are caring for our elderly. They are carers who are working in the disability and other sectors. They are permanent residents across our country, and they are helping our country grow.

Now, I'm hearing a lot of interjection from the Leader of the Opposition. I want to remind him again that the words that he utters in this parliament are not just heard by the people he thinks—

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