Australians do not need anyone in this parliament to tell them that many households are under pressure with their budgets. I know people across my electorate of Hasluck, when they go past the bowser, when they head into the shopping centre and go to the checkout or when their rent or mortgage payments are due, are finding it challenging. We are in a cost-of-living crisis that's being shared internationally. We've never resiled from that. But we can't just wish away a conflict that we were told would only take a matter of days or weeks to resolve and that is still going today.

No-one should seek to minimise the pressure that some households are under. But, equally, we can't be caught up by the narrative that the coalition are trying to run—that they would in some way be doing a better job when they are so clearly, as we've just heard from the member for Barker, completely bereft of any policies. We know, based on their voting record, that the only thing that they have to offer is indiscriminate cuts. When I think about what those cuts would mean, they would mean they would cut the tax relief that will put more money back into the pockets of our hardworking Australians and those of my people, the working people of Hasluck. They would cut the very cost-of-living measures that are actually helping families to meet the mortgage, fuel the car and put food on the table. They would cut the health, housing and opportunities for people in Hasluck and in every electorate across the country.

I'll spell this out even more plainly. The coalition would never have provided the historic bulk-billing support that is helping patients in my electorate right now as I speak. They would never have created the 137 urgent care clinics around Australia, which have seen three million—or more now—presentations since 2023. They would never have subsidised the cheaper medicines, and they certainly ran a mile from 60-day scripts. The coalition would cut Medicare in Hasluck. This means putting at risk cheaper medicines, bulk-billing and Medicare urgent care clinics that are serving families in Midland, in Ellenbrook and in Morley. These are the services my community use and they are the services people in my community value. People in Hasluck have already saved more than $11.5 million since 2022 through our cheaper medicines policies. These are real cost-of-living supports for real people in my electorate, and they would all be at risk in the face of coalition cuts.

The coalition would cut housing support in Hasluck. We know this because, when Labor established the Housing Australia Future Fund, the coalition opposed it. For people in Hasluck, the HAFF means homes. I have 535 affordable and social homes being built right now in Bassendean, in Midland, in Woodbridge, in Ellenbrook and in Lockridge. These investments actually really matter because the housing pressure is real. Families are struggling with rents and mortgages, which are an enormous challenge at any time but particularly for those who are trying to get into their first home. Labor's response is to build; the coalition's response is to cut. We are delivering increases in Commonwealth rent assistance. We're helping first home buyers get into the market with five per cent deposits. In Hasluck so far, in fact, that's over 2,700 first home buyers who have accessed that. None of this would be happening under a coalition government. If they get the chance, they'll cut those exact programs. They would cut housing in a housing crisis. That is the coalition, which failed even to have a housing minister between 2013 and 2018. It's not like this is a new issue. It's been an ongoing issue and is a legacy that we are now working to fix.

The coalition would cut support for working families in Hasluck. We have backed higher wages. We have backed pay rises for people who educate our children and care for our parents. We have expanded paid parental leave. These aren't numbers on a spreadsheet. These are Hasluck families trying to pay the mortgage, the rent, the electricity bill and the grocery bill. Where is the coalition when we back higher wages for workers who need them? Nowhere—just crickets. The coalition would cut opportunities for people in Hasluck. Free TAFE, paid placements, student debt relief and real money back in young people's pockets are all examples of the kinds of initiatives that the Albanese Labor government is working towards and has delivered in support of families in my electorate and in electorates across the whole country. The coalition is purely a risk to health, housing and opportunity.