Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We are easing the cost-of-living pressure on households by investing in cheaper child care for more than 1.2 million families, important legislation that passed this chamber yesterday and which has also been dealt with in the House this morning. This will help more people, overwhelmingly women, back into the workforce if they choose to do so. It's enough to increase the number of full-time workers by an extra 37,000.

We're expanding paid parental leave to 26 weeks by 2026 and making medicines cheaper with the biggest cut to the cost of medicines in the 75-year history of the PBS. We're investing in more affordable housing, with tens of thousands of new social and affordable homes, more support for people to buy their own home and a new National Housing Accord. This will bring governments and the private sector together to build the homes that we desperately need. Again, after a decade of neglect the Commonwealth is back at the table on housing and wanting to work in partnership with state and territory colleagues and private proprietors to deliver the housing options that Australians need.