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

I thank the member for Fremantle for his question, and he knows that our No. 1 priority is easing cost-of-living pressures. There are three vital ways that you can tackle cost of living: you can get costs down for families, you can get wages up for workers but you can also get the budget onto a stronger foundation, and we're doing all three. Our responsible budget management means that we can invest in cheaper medicines, affordable housing, energy bill relief, higher wages, cheaper child care, while those opposite said no to all of the above.

I'm asked particularly about health care. We have the biggest investment in Medicare in its history—tripling the bulk-billing incentive, providing support for 11 million Australians to see a GP for free. And we're opening 58 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics right around the country, taking pressure off families and taking pressure off hospital emergency departments. And those opposite—

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