Helen Polley (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

Happy 1 July! Starting today, the Albanese Labor government is giving taxpayers another tax cut as part of our plan to deliver a series of five tax cuts and ultimately save the average worker up to $2,800 a year; making Medicare urgent care clinics a permanent part of Australia's health system to help deliver the best care to patients and also to take pressure off our hospitals; backing minimum wage and award wage increases to boost the pay of three million Australians; expanding paid parental leave to a full six months, helping new parents spend more time at home with their newest family member; introducing payday super so workers start earning returns sooner and so the chance that super will go unpaid is reduced; permanently extending the $20,000 instant asset write-off for small businesses; banning supermarket price gouging with a new mandatory Food and Grocery Code of Conduct that prohibits very large retailers from charging prices that are significantly excessive; injecting an additional $25 billion into public hospitals to help states deliver care; expanding services at our endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics to include perimenopause and menopause; improving patient outcomes by requiring pathology and diagnostic imaging providers to upload test results to My Health Record; and opening a new National Environmental Protection Agency, the first in Australia's history. Why are we taking all these steps? Because we've been listening to Australians. We want to help them with the cost-of-living measures. We've introduced, in addition to all of this, cheaper medicines. I give a big shout out to my young brother. I'm delivering to you, along with this Labor government, a tax cut for your birthday today. (Time expired)