Matt Smith (Leichhardt, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Let me tell you how we over here are delivering for Australians. You already know the high points—record investment in Medicare, the Bruce Highway, HECS relief, five per cent deposits and more childcare centres in the Far North—but all of this can seem a little bit abstract. To give it the clarity it deserves, let me walk you through a random Saturday. The youngest rolls her ankle at sport on Saturday morning, but it's okay because a Medicare urgent care clinic is just around the corner. They can get an X-ray and a bit of reassurance and get home with just with their Medicare card. Perhaps they get an ice cream. They're feeling pretty good. Mum and dad feel pretty good. Their HECS debt has been cut by 20 per cent, and they are starting to look around at open homes because the five per cent deposit has opened up the door to homeownership. (Time expired)

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members' statements has concluded.