Josh Burns (Macnamara, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's been a year since the Morrison government was confined to the dustbin of history where it belongs. It's been a year that the adults have been back in charge. From day one, we on this side of the House got straight back to work to lift the wages of hardworking Australians. If you want to know what it would be like under those opposite, they are still fighting against wage rises for those on the minimum wage. They are still fighting against all of the policies that we've brought in, including the wages for our hardworking workers in the aged-care forum.

We on this side of the House introduced the National Anti-Corruption Commission, a great Labor reform, and what did they do? They put an exposure draft on the website. That doesn't cut it. We passed climate laws. We put tax relief in for electric vehicles. We passed the safeguard mechanism. What did they do? Ten years of dither and delay and climate denial. We have worked hard to restore Australia's place in international forums. From the Prime Minister to the foreign minister, we have worked hard not to play domestic politics with national security issues but to treat international fora and our international relationships with the respect that they deserve. We made the largest investment in Medicare, tripling the bulk-billing incentive. What did the Leader of the Opposition do? He wanted to put in a GP tax every time Australians needed to go and see a doctor. It's been a year of hard work, but we are just getting started in the Albanese Labor government.

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