Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

We said we would make child care cheaper, and we have. We said we'd get our lowest paid workers a pay rise, and we have. We said we'd give aged-care workers a pay rise, and we have. We said we'd make medicines cheaper, and we have. We said we'd have 180,000 fee-free TAFE places, and we have. We said we'd pass the National Anti-Corruption Commission, and we have. We said we'd have 10 days paid domestic and family violence leave, and we have. We said we'd establish a robodebt royal commission, and we have. We said we'd embraceRespect@Work and put women at the centre of our budget, and we have. We said, after a decade of denial, that we would legislate for net zero and 43 per cent emissions reduction by 2030, and we have. We said we'd restore Australia's international reputation, and we have. We're out there restoring relationships with our Pacific neighbours.

How does that contrast with what happened in the Solomons under this opposition's watch, under the former government? Can you imagine, if they are successful sometime in the future, the Leader of the Opposition rocking up to the Pacific Islands Forum and saying, 'Sorry I made jokes about your entire lands drowning. Sorry I thought that was funny. Sorry about that'—let alone, of course, their relationship with France, their relationship with the United States or their relationship with ASEAN.

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