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

Those opposite scoff. That's about making sure you can get access to a doctor where all you need is your Medicare card, not your credit card. It's been well received by state and territory governments across the country. As a result of the measures that we put in place that came in on 1 January, already, in the first four months of the year, Australians paid $76 million less for their prescriptions—$76 million less. And because of this budget another six million Australians will pay less for their medicines. As a result of this budget, 480,000 Australians in total will get access to fee-free TAFE. That's about getting people into employment and offering them the skills so that they can get a job so they get off JobSeeker. That's our task going forward. (Time expired)

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