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

for the fact that I, on 7.30 on 21 December, on 3 January and on other occasions, said we were working on ways in which we could provide further support for low- and middle-income Australians. That's what we do. That's what we do, and we have been doing that through a range of measures since we came to office because of (1) the pressure people are under and (2) the mess we inherited.

We had a range of measures that we have rolled out—cheaper child care, cheaper medicines, our energy price relief plan, our fee-free TAFE plan. All of these measures are in place. What we did—and this would be unrecognisable to those opposite—is run a proper cabinet government. We received Treasury advice on the weekend prior to the ERC meeting held on the Monday of two weeks ago. We then had cabinet on Tuesday, and that is where we changed our position as a proper cabinet government.

I'm just the Prime Minister; I'm not also the Treasurer or the health minister or the industry minister or the energy minister. We don't have a cabinet committee of one. What we have is proper processes: an ERC, a cabinet, a ministry, and a proper caucus process as well. Our united, proper process that we go through stands in stark contrast to what we've seen in Nemesisin stark contrast with a mob who hate each other, who have completely dysfunctional relationships. They're all still there! They're all appearing one by one, and I look forward to next Monday night.

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